Omni Overton Winterton, age 94, died peacefully, the way he lived, in his daughter's home in Roosevelt on December 26, 2007.

He was born June 11, 1913 to Sarah Van Wagoner and Hyrum S. Winterton in Charleston, Utah, later moving to Woodland. In the late 1930s he moved to Roosevelt, where he and his father broke virgin soil, turning sagebrush-covered fields into prime farmland using just an old plow and a steel-wheeled tractor. Roosevelt has been his home ever since.

Omni loved working outside with the machinery and the cattle. As a young man, he received numerous awards and trophies for his cattle showmanship. He traveled over 25,000 miles by train with his brothers to cattle shows all over the west, Chicago, and Kansas. He and his brothers had a successful partnership, Winterton Brothers Herefords, in which he maintained all the equipment and daily fed the cattle. He had a private business, Winterton Implement and was the President of the Intermountain Minneapolis Moline Dealers Association. He was a lifelong learner, reading constantly and gleaning history from each place he stopped along train routes and highways. He passed on this love toy his children, as they stopped at historical monuments while traveling to LDS church history sites.

Omni found his eternal companion, Harriet Carma Wilson, a returned sister missionary and energetic teacher, in Roosevelt, UT. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on November 14, 1940. They raised four children. He cared devotedly for her until she passed away in 2000.

Omni's life and love for others was defined by his quiet service. He cared for his father and brother-in-law in his own home for many years. He blessed the distressed including members of his own family in his own home and through his substance for many years. Though he was strong enough to lift a small tractor, he was gentle enough to rock and sing his babies and grandbabies to sleep. His nature was that of a peacemaker.

Omni had a solid testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he loved missionary work, as evidenced by his service in the North Central States, Randlett Indian, and the Mississippi Jackson Missions and at least five other stake missions. He loved the people dearly in all those missions as shown by his service to them. He also loved the people of Roosevelt.

Omni was preceded in death by his parents and wife, brothers Harold, Ralph, Clair and Van, and sisters, Grace, Louella and Stella. He is survived by his children: Arvin (Bonnie) Winterton, Hyrum (Ronda) Winterton, Carol (Herb) Gillespie, Roosevelt, and Marilyn (Cliff) Edmunds of Beijing, China, 23 grandchildren; 13 great-grand-children, sisters, Ruth Huff, Woodland and Eva Kohkonen, Logan.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 29th at 11 a.m. in the Roosevelt 11th Ward LDS Chapel, 350 W. 200 N. A Viewing will be held Friday, Dec. 28th from 6-8 p.m. in the Hullinger Mortuary, 457 East 300 North, and an hour prior to the Services at the Church. Burial will be in the Roosevelt Memorial Park.

Published in the Deseret News from 12/27/2007 - 12/28/2007.