Frances Winfield

Frances Winfield
Winfield in 1983
Born1942
DiedApril 21, 2019 (aged 76–77)
Alma materConnecticut College[1]
OccupationsAuthor, Spokesperson
Spouse
(m. 1966)
Children2

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 was graduated from Connecticut College in 1964.[1] She met Paul Bremer at a Dixieland concert. They 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.[2][3] 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, at home in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[4][5]

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

  1. ^ a b "Frances Winfield Betrothed To Lewis Paul Bremer 3d". The New York Times. New York, New York. February 6, 1966. Retrieved March 2, 2026.
  2. ^ "Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor: Learning to Shred with the Bush Administration's Iraq War Fall Guy". March 26, 2018. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Cosmos, Carolyn (November 18, 2010). "Elusive Battle". Washington Diplomat. Retrieved March 2, 2026.
  4. ^ "Homepage".
  5. ^ "FRANCES BREMER (1942 - 2019)". Legacy.com.