Barbara W. Winder
Barbara W. Winder | |
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11th Relief Society General President | |
April 7, 1984[1] – March 31, 1990 | |
Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
Predecessor | Barbara B. Smith |
Successor | Elaine L. Jack |
Personal details | |
Born | Barbara Ann Woodhead May 9, 1931 East Millcreek, Utah, United States |
Died | June 25, 2017 South Jordan, Utah, United States | (aged 86)
Spouse(s) | Richard W. Winder |
Children | 4: including Susan W. Tanner |
Barbara Ann Woodhead Winder (May 9, 1931 – June 25, 2017) was the eleventh general president of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1984 to 1990.
Family and education
Barbara Woodhead was born on May 9, 1931, in Midvale, Utah to Willard Verl Woodhead and Marguerite Hand.[2] She was the oldest of four children.[3] She was raised in then rural East Millcreek, Utah, in the family's white frame house, where she weeded the garden, played in the orchard, and picked berries for her neighbors to earn money.[4] Although her parents were not active in the LDS Church until Barbara was 25, they permitted her to attend church and be baptized.[2][4]
Involved at school, she served as the student body secretary at Olympus Junior High School and the Girls League president at Granite High School.[3] During high school, she worked at an ice-cream parlor and learned shorthand and typing.[4] At a time when very few of her female classmates were planning to attend college, Barbara's girls' association advisor and father encouraged her to continue her education and plan for a career. "A college education was beyond my dreams," she said, and though lacking confidence that she could pay for it, she was accepted and began studying at the University of Utah.[4]
She studied home economics
LDS Church service
In 1982, Winder and her husband began their service as
In April 1990, Winder was released and succeeded by Elaine L. Jack, as she and her husband had been called to lead the Czechoslovakia Prague Mission.[6] They served in that assignment from 1990 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, Winder served as assistant matron of the Jordan River Utah Temple.[6] She then returned to the Czech Republic while her husband served as a patriarch.[3] From 1999 to 2002, the Winders served a family and church history mission. From 2002 to 2004, the Winders served as the first president and matron of the rebuilt Nauvoo Illinois Temple.
Winder died at the age of 86 on June 25, 2017.[7] due to complications from pulmonary fibrosis.[3]
References
- OCLC 24502140.
- ^ a b c d e f "Barbara Woodhead Winder".
- ^ a b c d e f "Barbara Ann Woodhead Winder". Salt Lake Tribune.
- ^ a b c d e f Pinborough, Jan Underwood. "Barbara Woodhead Winder: A Gift of Loving". Church of Jesus Christ.
- ^ "Barbara W. Winder: Relief Society General President".
- ^ a b "Barbara W. Winder - Mormonism, The Mormon Church, Beliefs, & Religion - MormonWiki". www.mormonwiki.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Holman Prescott, Marianne (26 June 2017). "Barbara Winder, LDS women's leader, dies at age 86". Deseret News.
- "Barbara W. Winder: Relief Society General President," Ensign, May 1984, p. 97.
- Nola Redd, Relief Society Presidents: Barbara W. Winder