Anna Winzig Ott's Obituary
Anna Winzig Ott
Anna Winzig Ott was born on July 5, 1940, in beautiful Salzburg, Austria, during the early days of World War II. She was too young to know her father, Alois Winzig, who died as a soldier at the end of the war. She was raised by a loving mother, Anna Reiter Winzig, along with her sister, Henrietta, and brother, Alois. Her mother worked and sacrificed for her children to attend a Catholic school and gain a good education.
Anna was always an avid reader. After Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint missionaries knocked on their apartment door and her mother sent them away, Anna begged her mother to have “die Mormonen” come back. She wanted to see “real Mormons” since they were often the “bad guys” in the American West novels of German author Karl May. Anna and her mother accepted the Gospel and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Anna loved her time in the Salzburg Gemeinde, and she never forgot the missionaries who brought her family the Gospel.
Later she met a missionary named Larry John Ott. At the end of his mission Larry invited her to come to Utah to study at LDS Business College. She was sponsored by Larry’s parents and arrived in Utah with a box full of books and hopes of more education. She and Larry dated and subsequently were sealed on May 28, 1959, in the Salt Lake Temple.
They worked hard and served the Lord with all their might, mind, and strength throughout their lives. They taught the Gospel, demonstrated their love of the Lord and service to others, and instilled a strong work ethic in their five children (Jeff, Mark, Suzy, Janet, and Gary).
Anna always thought of others before herself. She was a humble servant to anyone in need. She gave all she had to support the Lord, Larry, and her family. She made everyone’s life better through her loving service. When Larry passed away on November 15, 2020, it left a void in her life. Having spent years caring for him, she missed him deeply.
Over the next five and half years she spent time with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She loved being in their homes and their lives. She was a blessing to each of them, as well as to her ancestors. She was able through much of this time to perform hundreds of sacred ordinances for her deceased relatives by serving weekly in the holy temples of the Lord.
She finished her mortal journey on April 19, 2026, having spent her last months in her children’s homes surrounded by family. She lived a humbly great life. She is now reunited with family members and holy beings who love her for the covenants she made, honored, and brought to them.
1 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified. (Isaiah 61:1-3)
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