John A. Winters, Jr.

East Providence - John A. Winters, Jr., 78, of Rumford, passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. He was the beloved husband of Nancy L. (Harnden) Winters for fifty-two years. Born in Pawtucket, he was a son of the late John A., Sr. and Anna (Hogan) Winters. John served in the United States Air Force and went on to a build a successful business, Computer Associates Inc, with two business partners.  John was intellectually curious, quick-witted, generous, and unfailingly dedicated to his wife, children, grandchildren.  John was a member of both the Pawtucket Country Club and the Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford where he was a member for over thirty years. He was an avid, some might say obsessive, golfer. Besides his loving wife, John leaves two children, James J. Winters and his wife, Jeanine, of North Smithfield and Jennifer Winters Tester of Belmont, MA; four grandchildren, Austin and Alina Tester, Lilian Winters and Magie Echevarria; four siblings, Mary Ann Desjarlais of Riverside, Henry Winters of...