Henry Wayne Winkler

Henry Wayne Winkler,

79, of Hallettsville, passed

away peacefully on Sunday,

April 24, 2022, surrounded

by his loving family.

Henry was born in Hallettsville

on Nov. 29, 1942,

to Henry Charles and Hertha

Kathryn (Fritsch) Winkler.

Upon graduating from

Hallettsville High School

in 1961, he hitchhiked to

Houston in search of a job

and found one at an aluminum manufacturing plant.

On Feb. 23, 1963, he married Margaret Elaine Henderson

of Weimar, and together they had two children, Ronald

and Staci.

In 1963, Henry began working at Anderson Greenwood

as a machinist and moved up as the coordinator of special

engineering projects. After working there 30 years, he and

Margaret retired and moved back to the family farm.

He spent his free time growing a beautiful vegetable garden,

tinkering around his shop, and enjoying many rounds

of beer with friends at Rosie’s Hideaway in Witting.

When Henry became a “PoPo”, his focus shifted to

spending time with his only grandchild, Ethan. They were

each other’s best friend and spent lots of time working on

the farm and roaming the pastures together on their Gator.

He taught Ethan many life skills and the value of hard

work.

Henry is survived by his wife, Margaret; daughter, Staci

and husband, Jamie Wenske; his grandson, Ethan Winkler;

sister, Shirley “Katie” Johnson, and numerous nieces

and nephews.

Henry was preceded in death by his parents, and son,

Ronald Wayne Winkler.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 1 at

Kubena Funeral Home in Hallettsville, with Pastor Herb

Beyer officiating.

Burial will follow at the Witting Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jamie Wenske, Russell Sciba, Josh

Booker, Melvin Grahmann, Scott Pustka, Dwight Janssen

and Vince Chumchal.

Honorary pallbearer will be Ethan Winkler.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made

to Yoakum Scouting

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at

www.kubenafuneralhome.com