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Winifred (Win) Joan Farrell Ungemach passed away from a stroke Monday morning, November 17, 2003, in Albuquerque, NM. Win possessed a spiritual sense of the positive and the art of possibility, but always with a concern and value of others, their individuality and self-expression. A devoted wife, a mother of six, a teacher of children with learning disabilities, Win -- inspired by the late Manhattanville College President, Mother Grace Dammann - fought throughout her life for issues of principle, dignity, and education as a founding member of both the Stamford (CT) Catholic Interracial Council and the Darien (CT) Interfaith Human Rights Council, as a member of the committee that desegregated the Stamford (CT) public schools, as a member of the New Mexico Coalition For Literacy, as a Eucharistic Minister and Parish Council officer of her church, and as a volunteer tutor to countless adults and children in reading and math. She was deeply concerned with the process of learning. Born in the Riverdale section of the Bronx on October 15th, 1924, Win received a scholarship to attend Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1946. She married Everett J. Ungemach in 1948, and through the years they lived in: New York City; Stamford, CT; Darien, CT; West Chester, PA; Chicago, IL; Belen, NM; and Albuquerque, NM. She is survived by her husband, six children (including Jeanne Shain of Albuquerque and John Ungemach of Tiejeras) and seven grandchildren. A viewing was held at Romero Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, November 20 from 5:30pm to 6:00pm with a rosary following at 6:00pm. A funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, November 21 at 9:00am at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church. Interment will be on Monday, November 24, at 11:30am at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Win wished, in lieu of flowers, that contributions be made to Manhattanville College, Alumni Office, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM 87002.
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