Winnie Lou Howard Nelson, 100, of Wellington died on May 15, 2016 at the Golden Living Center of Wellington.

Memorial Services will be at 1 p.m., Monday, June 6 at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Coldwater. Memorials have been established with the Wellington Humane Society. Contributions may be made through Shelley Family Funeral Home.

Winnie Lou Howard Nelson was born on May 17, 1915 the daughter of Benjamin and Lillian (Matthews) Tandy in Coldwater, Kansas. She graduated from high school in Catarina, Texas. Winnie was united in marriage to Floyd Howard in 1932 and after his passing was united in marriage to Allen Nelson in 1989. She was a country singer and the last Rancherett with the KFH ranch boys of the 1940s, granddaughter of one of the first horse back Methodist preacher. Winnie also enjoyed dancing at the KFH building and gardening and loved spending time with her family.

She is survived by her daughter Lily Ann Hinson of Wellington; grandchildren Sue Ann and husband Don Priboth of Nardin, Oklahoma, Ted and wife Deanna Hinson of Goddard, Robert and wife Lynne Hinson of Wichita, , Floyd and wife Patty Hinson of Denver, Colorado; 7 great-grandchildren; and 12 great great-grandchildren and 5 nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death are her parents, husbands, brothers Enid Tandy and James Tandy, sisters Agnes Swarner and Dorothy Littrel.