August 10, 1932 - July 16, 2021

John "Jack" Winston, 88, passed away July 16, 2021, after a short battle with Lymphoma cancer.

Jack was born August 10, 1932, in Ferrelview, Missouri, to John O. Winston and Freda Winston.  He graduated from Platte City High School in 1950 and the University of Missouri/Columbia in 1955, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

After working in marketing for several years, Jack switched to the data processing field in 1974.  He retired from Zurich in 1999, where he spent 25 years as a programmer and systems analyst.

He married Virginia Barks in 1962.   They became members of Village Presbyterian Church in 1966, where Jack served on various committees, volunteered at the Food Pantry, and served as Deacon, Elder, Trustee, and Clerk of the Session.  He was also a long-time volunteer at the Johnson County Christmas Bureau.

Jack was a member of the Salt and Pepper group as well as the Masonic Lodge and the Ararat Shrine.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Marie Landers, and brothers-in-law, Clayborn Landers, John Smith, Jay Foster and Noah Dean Barks.  He is survived by his wife, Virginia Barks Winston, his sisters, Dorothy Foster, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Betty Smith, Warsaw, Virginia, sister-in-law Jo Barks of Bennington, Nebraska and many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Village Presbyterian Church at 1:00 Tuesday, July 27, with a reception after the service.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kansas, or to Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, 10100 West 87^th Street, Suite 101, Overland Park, KS 66212.