Bonnie Lou Winter

Our loving wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Wednesday afternoon September 2, 2015. Age 69 years. The daughter of the late Arthur and Diantha "Toots" (Neveau) Schuchardt was born October 15, 1945 in Bay City and has resided here all of her life. Bonnie was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Frankenlust, graduated from T.L. Handy High School and was active with Special Olympics Area 9. She enjoyed her summers on the lake in St. Helen and had a great love for music. Most of all Bonnie enjoyed the time she spent with her family and friends. On March 29, 1974 she married her husband of 41 years, Larry T. Winter and he is left to cherish her memories along with three children; Benjamin Fisher, Becky and Kenneth Dennis and Chadwick Winter, one granddaughter; Shontai Nicole Wasoski, several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral Services will take place Wednesday September 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Frankenlust. Officiating will be Rev. Paul D. Theiss with interment following in Floral Gardens Cemetery. The family will be present at the Gephart Funeral Home, Inc. on Tuesday to receive visitors from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Winter will be taken to the church on Wednesday to lie in state from 10:00 a.m. and until the time of service. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider a memorial to Disability Services Resource Center of Bay County or Special Olympics Area 9. www.gephartfunerahome.com