Frances Winfield

{{Short description|American author and spokesperson (1942–2019)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Frances Winfield

| image = Frances Winfield (1983).jpg

| birth_date = 1942

| birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_date = April 21, 2019 (aged 76–77)

| death_place = Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.

| occupation = Author, Spokesperson

| spouse = {{marriage|Paul Bremer|1966}}

| children = 2

}}

Frances Winfield (1942 – April 21, 2019), was an American author and spokesperson.

Biography

Winfield was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1942, and grew up in St. Louis and Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Winfield met her husband, Paul Bremer at a Dixieland concert. The two became college sweethearts and married in 1966. Bremer, a State Department official, served as the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, and Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State.

A devout Roman Catholic, she and her husband were extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion at their local parish in Maryland.{{Cite web|url = https://taskandpurpose.com/paul-bremer-iraq-war-ski-instructor|title = Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor: Learning to Shred with the Bush Administration's Iraq War Fall Guy|date = 26 March 2018|access-date = 3 August 2019|archive-date = 10 September 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190910193902/https://taskandpurpose.com/paul-bremer-iraq-war-ski-instructor|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6504:-elusive-battle-&catid=989:may-2008&Itemid=268|title=Elusive Battle|website=www.washdiplomat.com|access-date=2019-12-03}} They had two adult children.

After being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Winfield she became a spokeswoman for the National Fibromyalgia Association.

Winfield died on April 21, 2019, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6504:-elusive-battle-&catid=989:may-2008&Itemid=268|title = Homepage}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=frances-bremer&pid=192639646|title=FRANCES BREMER (1942 - 2019)|website=Legacy.com}}

Selected works

Running to Paradise, 2000, {{ISBN|1-892668-24-6}}
Coping With His Success: A Survival Guide for Wives at the Top, 1984, {{ISBN|0-06-015247-8}}
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes

References

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A24284-2003Mar1¬Found=true Web Opens New Window On Prayer]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, WaPo March 2, 2003
[https://web.archive.org/web/20041220094508/http://www.cathstan.org/news/06-19-03/3.shtml Faith Gives Him Strength], The Catholic Standard, June 19, 2003
[http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8885~3015450,00.html Misty Valley Hosts Author of Paradise], August 2005

Category:1942 births

Category:2019 deaths

Category:American non-fiction writers

Category:Writers from Connecticut

Category:Writers from Maryland