John Winkler Obituary

Fourteen years has passed and I think of you all the time. WWJD has a different meaning to me. What would John do? Pretty close to the same as Jesus I am sure of that. I still have the same picture of you from your service riding in my car. You go with me everywhere! Pretty sure you keep me safe like a guardian angel. Miss you Dad!

Dad you are always in our hearts and daily lives. I miss you greatly.

Hi Dad,
It has been 8yrs since you have left us on this earth. I still miss you very much. Like John John, I think about what you would do when something goes wrong around the house. Today I took apart the coffee pot to see why it was not working. Only because of your teachings could I have the ability to do something like this. I have a small urn with a part of you inside. I told the kids that I most likely got your butt ha ha. My son made me cry when he said "No you have his heart." You would be so amazed at how your grandchildren have grown. Nick is becoming quite the young man. Tiff has a voice of angels. My nieces and nephews all have also developed so beautifully. John's kids are so smart. Kylee sings with such heart. Jimmy is the spitting image of his father. Felicia is a wonderful mom. You would get such a kick out of your great grandson. He is such a cutie. I know in many ways you are always with us but I long to hear your voice once more asking when I am coming home.
I will love you forever, Till I see you again,
Sara

Dad
I want you to know I think of you often. It is funny I will be work around the house and things will not be going right and I wonder if it is you still trying to teach me a thing or too. I will think how would Dad handle this.
I MISS YA POP
JOHN JOHN

Dear Dad,
Has it really been 6yrs? I still miss you. You are on my mind often. There are so many events that happen that I think about how you would react. I love you forever Daddy.
So long till we meet again.

To my dear husband. I was just sitting here reading about all of the lives that you touched!! It makes me happy to know how much many loved you. But I loved you the most. It has been almost 4 years since you left me and it still hurts. I get this overwhelming sense of lonliness being here without you. We just went through another holiday and nothing is the same with out you. Oh I try to go on with life because you would want me to, but I would rather have it back the way it was.
I miss you very much!!
The wife that misses you very much.

Mrs Winkler, I would like to express my sorrow at the passing of you husband

John, I would also like to apolize for the delay at local 214.



James Geoge

International President

UFL-CIO

Dear Mrs. Winkler, I saw John's name in the news letter. I am very sorry for you and all the people he helped because no one else will ever do that much for other people. I worked as a clerk at CTA and played the horses a lot and a lot of times I needed money and most of the time John was the only one that would help me. He never turned me down and I will always remember him. May god be with you and your family.

Terry Boles(retired CTA clerk

I'm usually not at a loss for words. One of my traits is that I speak my mind one way or another. But all I can say is Thank You John. A few weeks back, before the surgery. Sara was talking with her Dad and threatened him with sending me back to be his caregiver while he recovered. He said to her " Then I know I'll be in good hands because he's done well with you all these years." Thank you for the greatest compliment a son in law could ever want. You will be missed!

Thank you everyone for the wonderful thoughts and memories of my father. This has given much comfort to my mother. There are so many stories about him. We all have our special memories of him. He will always live on in us. If everyone takes what he taught us then your life will forever be enriched. Pass on his teachings and his energy. This world will never be quite the same without him.

Dear Aunt Pat,

I just want to say how sad I was to hear of John's death. The last I heard he was recovering from the surgery. John was such a giving man, I remember him always trying to cook me some eggs back in high school. I don't like eggs but he always tried making them for me. My kids will always remember him by his french toast. We came down to Benton with the kids and I remember waking up the next morning to John making breakfast for the kids. The kids have told me time and time again that they were the best french toast that they had ever had. John sure will be missed by so many people. He truely was a great man. I hope you know that if you come this way please stop by. My door is always open to you, and the kids would love to see you. All my love to you and your family.

Tanya

Thank you for everybodys kind words about my father. I would like to share some thing that my father told me. When I was leaving for the Navy. I told my dad Good bye. His reply was, "Good bye was forever - We,ll see each other again." So don't think of this as a good bye. Because we will all see him again. I'm sure he will be there waiting to guide and teach us again. I LOVE YOU POP

Auntie Pat, Lisa, Sara, Bill & John,



I am not very good at saying the right thing at these kinds of times, but I wanted to express my thoughts and prayers to you all.



I remember when I was a little girl and mom (Ada) and I would ride the train out to Cary for the weekends. Uncle John used to make us feel right at home. He would cook some great meals and always a big breakfast in the morning. He would tease me when I would ask for momma he would tell me she left and was not coming back that I was gonna have to live with him forever and Momma was just in the shop with Aunt Pat. I was (and still am) such a momma's girl that I would fall for it everytime. Sometimes 2 or 3 times in the same weekend. ;)



But as much as he teased me as a little one I always knew that he was a Great man. He loved his kids and he loved his wife. And he would do anything for his family, including the extended family of all of us. Boy are there a lot of us. ; 0) I know that to some of us he was like a second father.



HE WILL BE MISSED!!!



I love you all!

{{{HUGS}}}

Judi

Dear Mrs. Winkler,Sara,Alisa, Bill and John, It was a very sad day when I heard of Mr. Winkler's passing. John Jr. and I have been friends for many years and I have always felt a part of your family. Mr. Winkler was always kind and I will never forget the time he heard that my mom needed a wheelchair lift for her electric wheelchair, and suddenly one day, Mr. Winkler found one and gave it to her. After reading the guest book, he seemed to do these random acts of kindness all of the time. He was a very special person to care so much about everyone's well being, and never want praise or recognition in return. He will be deeply missed and always loved

Dear Patty and family,



There are not enough words to fully say how fortunate we were to have John in our lives. John was more than a brother-in-law to me- he was like a brother.



I am sorry I was not able to be with you - you are all in my thoughts and prayers. John always had a way of making me laugh. (I will miss that).



He was respected by many people- he will be remembered by those of us who had the privilege of knowing him.



God bless you Patty, Alisa, John,Bill and Sara.



Love you all,

Auntie Ada/Ada

Thank you all for your kind words and prayers. You made my mother smile today. To read all of these stories and see how many people he touched is comforting to my whole family. There is a song by Reba McEntire that was "our song". The Greatest Man I NEVER Knew. For many years I did not understand the way my father loved his family and friends but as I grew older and had the opportunity to spend time with him I realized he did not have to speak of love. He showed his love by doing and setting the example of kindess to everyone he encountered. I am proud to have had him as my father and although those three words were not spoken I know he loved us kids and really turned into the Greatest Man I EVER Knew.

Love you Daddy and I will miss you dearly.

Your Daughter, Alisa

Dear Pat, John was such a good friend of my brother Mike and always said good things about him and I know he will missed.

Dear Pat, I am so sorry to hear that you lost your husband John. I remember that when my husband Nelson(Cta driver)

Perez died suddenly in Octobor of 1987

and at the wake luchheon at white eagle

I did not have money to pay for the luncheon and John paid for the whole thing over $250.00 and never asked for a penny back. I will never forget that. may God keep you safe.

Dear Pat I remember you and John came to our wedding and I danced with John. I am sorry that Mike and I can not attend John's funeral because MIke had to work. we are very sorry at his passing. we hope to visit you in the future, God bess and keep you safe

Dear Wife of John Winlker, we all remenber John when he worked across the street at CTA and all the drivers that he stood good for to eat on credit here. He helped our busineess and we might have gone under if he had not covered for all the ones that did not pay he paid for them. I am sad to see him go and no better man ever ate here than John Winkler and his credit was always good and any man that he stood for was also. They don't make men like him anymore

Hey just checking on My hometown of Chicago and sad to see my co-worker(CTA) who

kelp me alive until payday many times. to his wife and family I say sorry but you were lucky to have such a good man for as long as you did. god be with you

Surprised to see John's name in the Cbicago-Sun_times. John used to drive me to St Loius for medical treatment. A kind man that never rushed us seniors, we missed him when he stop driving us and now we must realize that he will never drive us again. we pray for your family

Worked many years with John and what a fine man he was. My wife is fron Johnson City and moved to Chicago 6o years ago. our prayers are with you.

My sympathy to you and your family in your lost of John P. Winkler my co-worker

Dear Pat, John help me become a bus operator, a union stewart, and yes union persident with out his help and support I could of not become the first

black woman president of local 241. John's help gave me the few white votes that I need to win the election which I won by only 35 votes I would have loved to attend his funeral but just saw the notice today and do not have time to plan the 300 mile trip but I will be there in spirit. God be with you.

I was station supertindent of North Park form 1983 to 1992. I never met a finer bus operator or person that John

Winkler. I don't have many good memories of North Park Station, John

would have made an excellent boss had accepted my invitation to apply. I saw the notice in the paper I don't get much news from southern Illinois

these days. I will say a litle prayer for you and John.

Dear Pat, I was chief at North Park CTA station from 1970 until 1985.One person that I could always depend on to get the job done be it a charter, a regular

bus run or work on the snow plow was

Johnny Winkler I never knew a better worker in all my days at north park so I am sad to see his name in the paper. We just never know when will have to go. A little bit of me dies every time I see a good friend go. my heart goes out ot you.

Dear Pat, I am Linda Roberson,Bob

Brown's sister. Bob has told me so many good things about your husband John.I lost my husdand Alfred in 1991 to cancer and I know you will have a long loney road ahead for a

long time come but your fath in god will help you along if you ever come

to the Knoxville area please give me a call. I have a big house here

and just me. God has helped me get through day be day. May god bless you and you family and Jesus is the answer in our time of need

Dear Mrs. Winkler I did not know

John but I hear a lot of good things

about him from my brothers Wayne and Robert.Robert tells me what a good carpenter he was. The good in him

will never die and always be remembered by the ones who love him.

Mrs Winkler, I am sorry to hear that your husband John has passed away. I will never forget how he came and helped me when I stopped by my brother's house on my way to Michigan a couple of years ago. A gentleman if ever there was one.I wish I could say something to you to ease the pain but he was worth

any pain you must feel now and forever.

Dear Pat, I am so sorry that John is gone. I will keep the good memories of him and all the nice things that he did for us. I will miss him when the plums get ripe

and he won't be here. I will miss the times when he saw me walking to school and picked me up and dropped me off. I wish I had, had a father like John and no words can quite decribe how special he was. Benton

will never be the same with out

John in fact nothing ever will.















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Dear Pat, John was a wonderful man

he sat many times with me talking in my office. I am disabled and my son is out of town until Wednesday and I am sorry that I will be unable to attend his funeral. I lost my wife about two years ago.

I will say a prayer for you and your family and may god bless you.

Dear Pat, sorry to hear that John is gone, I lost my father a couple of years ago and my mother is in a nursing home. John was a good friend of my father Iving C. Richman

they were partner for a long time now that may be partners again. May the Lord bless you.

Sorry to see your name in the Chicago-Sun-Times here in Florida it makes me wonder will I be next, you were a very good man and I know god has a place for you.

Dear John you saved me so many times

from losing my car, my house and many things god has a place for you in heaven for you helped when no one else would.

To the family of John P. Winkler

my prayers will be with you. you lost a husband, a father, a brother.

a grandfather,I lost a friend. he was a good man which no one can deny.

Hey Pat



I saw his name in paper today .I was John's roommated when he stayed in Chicago on artmitage and I can tell you this John was always true blue. I will miss him.

Dear Family of John Winkler,you probably don't remember me I rented from John in one of the three houses

he had on Armitage. I remenber him and the kids were always working to keep the place up. he rented to me

when I was a little late he was always under standing. I was surprised to see his name in the paper before he saw mine. my heart goes out to all of his family.

Dear Pat and family, may I express my deep sorrow in learning of the sudden death of John, When I talked to him Wednesday night he seemed upbeat and on the road to quick recovery,Very hard to believe that in less than 24 hours he is gone.He was my friend from the day I met him over 36 years ago until the day he died , he helped me so many times in so many ways.John was a man that was good at everything and bad at nothing, a kinder man you will never meet. Never before have I looked upon such a man and never will I again !