Maria Elena Winnie was born on Feb. 14, 1941 to Jose and Margarita Gomez in Eagle Pass, TX. She passed on into the Heavens on Sep. 15, 2018 in Lansing, MI. In the 60's while working at the Jack Tar Hotel she met, fell in love and married Douglas E. Winnie Jr. in 1965. In the 1970's she worked as a bus driver for CACS Head Start. She loved music, dancing, and being the best helping hand to her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 48 years, her parents, brothers Jose M. and Jose L. Gomez, sisters Maria D., Francisca Ortiz, Carolina Espinoza, Cleofas Ortega, and her daughter Jolanda Burke. Surviving are her daughters Theresa, Lisa (Jaime Castellano), and Dora Winnie, brother Domingo Gomez Sr., nephews Alfredo and Jose L. Gomez who were raised as brothers, sisters Carmen Bonilla, Jesusita Quesada, Gloria Solis, Evangelina Melo, grandchildren Liza Gomez, Joshua Burke, Adrian (Johanna) Winnie, Jesse Sanchez Jr., Ashley Burke, Tiffany (Lucio) Vidal, Chelsea Winnie, Cassandra Sanchez, Juaquin and Jordan Castellano, great-grandchildren Sergio, Precious Gomez, Nevaeh, Ciera, Cameron, Camiyah Winnie and Natalia and Joseph Vidal.
Please join the family for a Visitation on Wed., Sept. 19, 2018 from 4-8 PM at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes (900 East Michigan Ave, Lansing, MI 48912) where a Rosary will be prayed at 7:30 PM. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thurs., Sept. 20, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Cristo Rey Church (201 W. Miller Road, Lansing, MI 48911) with an additional visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.grlansing.com for the Winnie family.
