Former U.S. Rep. Larry Winn, R-3rd Dist., has died.
Rep. Winn, 98, of Prairie Village, Kan., served in the U.S. House from 1967 through 1985.
According to the Kansaspedia website of the Kansas Historical Society, Winn was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and attended public schools there.
He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1941 and worked two years for a radio station in Kansas City, Missouri.
Winn also worked at the North American Aviation plant in the last few years of World War II, according to Kansaspedia. Later, he spent two years as a private builder, and for 16 years, he was vice president of Winn-Rau Corp.
In addition, Winn served 14 years as a director of the National Association of Home Builders and was past president of the Home Builders Association of Kansas, according to the Kansaspedia website.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-3rd Dist., sent out this statement on the death of Rep. Winn: “Larry Winn was a loyal Jayhawk and a statesman whose service to our country, to Kansas, and to our community left each a better place. For me, he was a mentor whom I admired and could always count on for advice and counsel on how to best represent the Third District in Congress, as he did proudly for 18 years. I will certainly miss him, but I take comfort knowing he has been reunited with his beloved wife Joan.”
My condolences to the family, friends and supporters of former Congressman Larry Winn. He represented, very well, the Third District in Congress during his time.