Joan Wintemberg

It is with profound sadness we announce the passing of our mother, Joan Adams Wintemberg from natural causes on October 14, 2022, at the age of 86. Mom was born to Norman and Loretta Adams on May 29, 1936, in Albany, NY. She grew up in the Albany area and married her high school sweetheart, Wesley C. Wintemberg, Jr. on January 28, 1956. Over the course of ten years there were three of us born, Drew, Kathy, and Wayne.

Mom was a stay-at-home mom, or as she like to call herself, a “Household Engineer.” As we grew up, Mom actively participated in our church and other community activities including the Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. Once we were older, she began working outside of the home as a travel agent allowing her the freedom to travel all over the world.

Following the passing of our dad, Mom found love and compassion with Joe Kaiser spending over 20 years enjoying each other. Once they moved to North Carolina, her enthusiasm for teaching adult water fitness classes and children to swim at the YMCA became her passion. Making prayer shawls with the ladies of St. Paul’s was a gift as she felt a calling to give to those in need. Mom was an active member of a local women’s group and the lives she touched with her heartfelt listening and guidance helped to heal and strengthen them on their lifelong journeys.

Mom’s love for life was enhanced and enriched as her true calling in life was to be a “Grammy.” She loved spending time with her seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was always quick to pull out her phone and share a picture or video of them. Her pride and endless love for them will be forever in their hearts.

Mom is survived by her children, Drew, Kathy, and Wayne and their spouses, Dorothy, Mike, and Suzanne. Additionally, she is survived by her seven grandchildren, Nicole, Ashley, Katie, Michael, Douglas, Daniel, and Skylar as well as her six great grandchildren, Addie, Amelia, Jaxon, Grayson, Peyton and Alice, her sister-in-law, Nancy Bohl as well as several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Loretta Adams, our dad, Wesley C. Wintemberg, Jr., his parents, Wesley and Jane Wintemberg, her sister, Doris Ferguson, and Joe Kaiser.

A memorial service is planned for Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 11:00 AM at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Clemmons, NC.

In lieu of flowers, we ask that any donations be made to the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC, or The Wounded Warrior organization.