A Celebration of Life for Patricia Winter, age 60, of Las Vegas, NV will be held at the Adrian United Methodist Church, Adrian, MN on Monday, March 26, 2018. Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. with the funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Adrian Cemetery. Patricia passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, after a long illness. Trish was born in Duluth, MN. She graduated from High School in Lompoc, CA, living her earlier years in Windom, MN, Marion, IL, and Gaithersburg, MD. She was accepted into the first class of women cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT, Class of 1980. Trish married Brooke Winter after his May 1978 USCGA graduation. Throughout the years, they had residences in Baltimore, MD; Galveston, TX; Nantucket, MA; Medford, NY; Tulsa, OK; Davenport, IA; Gilbert AZ; and most recently Las Vegas, NV. Tricia was an avid beader, jewelry maker, cross-stitcher, cook, Minnesota Vikings fan and volunteer for the homeless.
Tricia will be lovingly remembered by her husband of forty years, Brooke and her son Ethan. Tricia will also be remembered by her mother Marilla Edman; her brothers Steve and Brett Edman; sisters-in-law Lorey Fairbanks and Melissa Winter; brother-in-law John Fairbanks; mother-in-law Vaughn Winter; nieces and nephews and many loyal BFFs including caretakers Mary Fox, Linda Muth, Diana Wilds, and Linda Zarolli.
Tricia was preceded in death by her son, Jared Winter and father, Milton Edman. While loved ones miss her mightily, they are thankful that she is no longer suffering and has been reunited with her son Jared.
A memorial service will also be held at the end of June, 2018, at Grace United Methodist Church in Mesa, AZ.
