Win

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Call

It was early in May when first she smiled at me,
But I hurried on my way, pretending I did not see.

Lilacs were in bloom when again she passed me by,
But I had no time for gloom and she had a tear in her eye.

I was kissing my love goodnight when I saw her beckon to me.
At first I thought of flight but how useless that would be.

I pretend I do not care, but I can't resist for long;
She haunts me everywhere with her lonely, pleading song.

We'll have our rendezvous though I know what it's for.
Farewell to my love and you, and off for death and war.

                                                            -Everett Ungemach
                                                             Summer 1941

 An April Rain

A warm April rain was softly falling
   the night that we said goodbye.
And though we smiled our brief farewell,
   tears fell from an April sky.

Music had never seemed so soft,
   nor eyes so radiant and blue.
Dancing had never intoxicated so,
   as during those hours with you.

Walking through the evening rain
   now brings to me delight.
For though they say that it is May,
   to me, it's an April night.

The warmth of the rain keeps recalling
   the warmth of your lips in goodbye.
For a warm April rain was softly falling
   the night that we said goodbye.

                            -Everett Ungemach
                             1944 or 1945

 

 

Ungemach, Winifred (maiden name: Farrell)

Winifred (Win, Winnie, Freddy) Joan Farrell Ungemach passed from a stroke
Monday morning, November 17, 2003.

Rarely a brighter light shines, and few are those who so savor the joy of living and all life.
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 Mother Grace Dammann (President of Manhattanville College) – also fought 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, a Eucharistic Minister and Parish
Council officer of her church, and a volunteer tutor to countless adults and children in reading
and math. She was deeply concerned with the process of learning.

Born in Monroe, New York on October 15th, 1924, and reared in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, 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.

Win wished, in lieu of flowers, that contributions be made to Manhattanville College,
Alumni Office, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577.

 

She passed at the age of 79.

Place of Death: Albuquerque, NM

Cause of Death: natural causes (stroke)

Funeral home: Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main Street, Belen, NM, 505-864-8501

Funeral Mass: Our Lady of Belen, Belen, NM

Funeral: Viewing at Romero's on Thursday, Nov. 20th, 5:30 pm,

and Mass at Our Lady of Belen on Friday, Nov. 21st, 9:00 am.

 

Education:
-Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, BS, 1946,
-MS degrees from Southern Connecticut State College and University of Illinois

Occupation:
-Teacher of children of learning disabilities for 19 years, retiring in 1983, teaching in Stamford, CT (where she was on the committee that desegregated the schools), Chester County PA (CCIU), and Chicago, IL (Waller High School, now Lincoln Park High School, and then Lourdes Catholic School)
-Medical laboratory technician at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in the late 1940's and early 1950's.

Also survived by husband, Everett Ungemach, six children and seven grand children.

Children:
John Everett Ungemach of Tijeras, NM, Suzanne Dean of Philadelphia, PA, David George Ungemach of Munich, Germany, Edward Joseph Ungemach of Raleigh, NC, Jeanne Shain of Albuquerque, NM, and Mark Dammann Ungemach of New York City and Landenberg, PA.

Grand Children:
Zachary Dean, John Patrick Dean, Carl Ungemach, Samuel C. Ungemach, Anna M. Ungemach, Lily Shain, Dylan Ungemach.

 

In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donations be sent to: Manhattanville College, Alumni Office, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577

 

Click here for photos from the gathering after Win's funeral .

 

 

 

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