Mary E. Winter
– December 2, 2020
Mary E. (Gavin) Winter, 68, of Sun City Center, Fla., passed away on December 2, 2020, after a brief illness. Mary was a graduate of Abington High School Class of 1970. Mary also attended Massasoit Community College, Brockton, Mass., where she earned an associate degree in business.
Throughout their 28-year marriage and prior to retiring to Florida, Mary and her husband Ken resided in several states, including Alabaster, Ala., and New Hartford, N.Y, . She created many life lasting friendships along her way.
While residing in New York, Mary worked for Hospice and Palliative Care of New Hartford, where she applied her organizational, leadership and interpersonal skills, scheduling care into patients’ homes and assuring compliance with accreditation standards and quality care measures. She participated in many community activities, including “The Sound of Silver,” an Oneida area women’s barbershop chorus; the Sleepy Hollow Golf Club Monday Night Women’s League; and as a fan and volunteer at the Great American Irish Fest. While living in Florida, she became involved with a local theater group, “The Pelican Players,” where she held several board positions as well as participating in front of and behind the curtain.
Mary loved to travel and loved her “Irish music.” She found a way to combine these passions, traveling to many locations, including Ireland, with her favorite band, “The Elders.”
Mary will be remembered by those who knew and loved her for her amazing generosity, her caring nature and her love and commitment to family and friends. To quote one of her favorite songs from The Elders: Send a prayer out there into the universe and wait for an answer, my friend. Maybe you will hear from me, an echo in the wind and a song that has no end
She was the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy Gavin of Abington, Mass., and the sister of the late Howard J. Gavin of Whitman, Mass. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Winter of Sun City Center, Fla.; her sister, June (Gavin) Haskins, and sister-in-law, Anita Gavin, of Whitman; brother-in-law, Joel (Alice) Winter; as well as several nieces and a nephew.
Services will be private. Friends may consider a donation in Mary’s memory to the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, located at 4300 W Cypress St. #700, Tampa, FL 33607, for the Pelican Players Scholarship Fund.
Throughout their 28-year marriage and prior to retiring to Florida, Mary and her husband Ken resided in several states, including Alabaster, Ala., and New Hartford, N.Y, . She created many life lasting friendships along her way.
While residing in New York, Mary worked for Hospice and Palliative Care of New Hartford, where she applied her organizational, leadership and interpersonal skills, scheduling care into patients’ homes and assuring compliance with accreditation standards and quality care measures. She participated in many community activities, including “The Sound of Silver,” an Oneida area women’s barbershop chorus; the Sleepy Hollow Golf Club Monday Night Women’s League; and as a fan and volunteer at the Great American Irish Fest. While living in Florida, she became involved with a local theater group, “The Pelican Players,” where she held several board positions as well as participating in front of and behind the curtain.
Mary loved to travel and loved her “Irish music.” She found a way to combine these passions, traveling to many locations, including Ireland, with her favorite band, “The Elders.”
Mary will be remembered by those who knew and loved her for her amazing generosity, her caring nature and her love and commitment to family and friends. To quote one of her favorite songs from The Elders: Send a prayer out there into the universe and wait for an answer, my friend. Maybe you will hear from me, an echo in the wind and a song that has no end
She was the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy Gavin of Abington, Mass., and the sister of the late Howard J. Gavin of Whitman, Mass. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Winter of Sun City Center, Fla.; her sister, June (Gavin) Haskins, and sister-in-law, Anita Gavin, of Whitman; brother-in-law, Joel (Alice) Winter; as well as several nieces and a nephew.
Services will be private. Friends may consider a donation in Mary’s memory to the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, located at 4300 W Cypress St. #700, Tampa, FL 33607, for the Pelican Players Scholarship Fund.