Deane Campbell Winters of Nederland passed away May 27, 2008 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Groves, Texas. She was born April 11, 1915 in Blackwell, Texas to Walter William Campbell and Ollie Wallace Campbell. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches with the Reverend Toney Miller presiding. A gathering of family and friends will begin at 5:00 pm through 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at Broussard’s in Nederland.
She was a 1932 graduate of Beaumont High School and in 1935 received her RN from Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in Beaumont. After marriage in 1936 and traveling with her husband for the Sun Oil Co. and the U.S. Army, she and her family settled in Beaumont and then moved to Nederland in 1947. There she became a member of First United Methodist Church and was the first woman to chair the Commission on Social Concerns. She was also active in the United Methodist Women, taught various Sunday School classes and was a long-time member of the quilter’s group. Her affiliations included memberships in the San Jacinto Descendants, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, S.E. Texas Scottish Society, Campbell Family Association which she and her husband helped organize and Nederland Art Guild. She will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who was also an accomplished artist, poet and horticulturist.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband of seventy-one years, Adam Davis Winters, Jr.; her sisters, Ruth Campbell and Fay Campbell Routh; her brothers, Guy Thomas Campbell and Lloyd Campbell and two grandchildren, Joel Trahan and Adam Davis Winters, IV.
She is survived by two daughters, Gay Trahan and husband James of Nederland and Patricia Krueger and husband Robert of Nederland; one son, Dr. Adam D. Winters, III and wife Joan of Ogunquit, Maine; seven grandchildren, Dr. James Trahan, Cheri Trahan Sellers, Mark Winters, Jason Winters, Paul Winters, Beth Krueger McDaniel and Joy Krueger; twelve great grandchildren; beloved cousin Lois Jean Cooper Mayer of Los Angeles, CA. and several nephews.
The family wishes to thank the staffs of Magnolia Manor Nursing Home and Odyssey Hospice for the many years of loving care they provided. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church CFC Building Fund, P.O. Box 905, Nederland, Texas 77627.
