Hazel Elaine Winters, 71, of Saxonburg, formerly of Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, died Wednesday in Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born in Sturgeon, Allegheny County, Sept. 2, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Frank and Esther (Johnson) Winters.

Elaine retired from the Mon Valley Hospital as a medical transcriptionist.

She was a former member of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church and currently was a member of the St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saxonburg.

Elaine loved the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers. She loved animals and participated in dog shows. She also was noted for her art work.

She is survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Karin Middleby and Anna Dorothea Cochran; and a brother, Ernest Frank Winters.

<B>WINTERS</B> — Friends of Hazel Elaine Winters, who died Wednesday, May 26, 2010, will be received from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the <B>James C. Stump Funeral Home</B>, 580 Circle Drive, Belle Vernon/Rostraver Township, 724-929-7934, at which time a funeral service will be held in the funeral home with the Rev. Roger Keller officiating. Interment will be Tuesday in Robinson Run Cemetery, McDonald, Washington County.Information also is available at www.jamesstumpfuneralhome.