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- [S1] Family Search, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWZ1-CKW (Reliability: 3).
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Sep 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/profound-lessons-from-cleaning-out-the-garage/ (Reliability: 3).
Mom said little during these lessons but she would be engaged nonetheless. My memory of those charts was shattered just a bit when Dad commented, “We made those to teach your mother the gospel.”
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/mom/ (Reliability: 3).
It is difficult to put pen to paper and begin to adequately convey the impact of my Mother and her teachings on my life.
Written by eldest son, Jay Westover
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/tales-from-moms-favorite-child/ (Reliability: 3).
There are lots of benefits to being the youngest in a family of five children. Aside from claiming the Favorite Child title, I reaped the benefits of being much younger than my siblings so that when they were all leaving home, I was also beginning my “new life as an only child”. Mom and Dad were all mine.
Written youngest child and 2nd daughter, Kris Fluck.
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/describing-nana/ (Reliability: 3).
If I had to describe my Nana in one word it would be “spunky”. She was full of spirit and passion and something I see so much in my sister, Amy. She was a great example of showing us how to be proud of who we are and standing up for ourselves.
Written by granddaughter, Katy Vander Does
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/nana-memories/ (Reliability: 3).
I got the flu. She put me in a pair of the itchiest, hot pj’s and tucked me in so tight into bed I couldn’t move. She told me the best way to get rid of a fever was to sweat it out.
Memories shared by granddaughter Amy Sorensen
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/nana/ (Reliability: 3).
When I think of Nana, I think of color. She had a way of making the ordinary full and alive, and being in Nana’s house meant color–a backyard engulfed in plants and flowers to explore for hours, crystals hanging in the window making “rainbows” on the walls, wrapping myself up in the kaleidoscopic afghans she had crocheted.
Written by granddaughter Darcy Beech
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/a-few-memories-of-my-mom/ (Reliability: 3).
As a mother and daughter, we are uniquely connected with one another. When she gave birth to me, she was just a few months shy of 20 years old. As adults, it really is not much of an age difference.
Reflections of a daughter, Debbie Westover.
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/memories-of-my-mom/ (Reliability: 3).
I have never figured out just how my Mom got her Mom-training. She was an only child, she didn’t have a lot of extended family around her and she married and had children so very young. She did not have a lot of role models. And it is not like there was a “How to Be a Mom” handbook out there either.
Reflections of her middle child, Jeff Westover
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 10 Apr 2015, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/funeral-and-obituary-information-for-susanne-c-westover/ (Reliability: 3).
Our devoted wife, exceptional mother, incredible grandmother and family historian extraordinaire died in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, April 5th, 2015.
Obituary, written by daughters Debbie Westover and Kris Fluck
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 6 May 2016, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/memories-of-mom-mom-and-mother-in-law/ (Reliability: 3).
It has been a little more than a year since my Mom passed. Frankly, it is still hard for me to speak of her without getting emotional. As boys I don’t think we realize the importance of Moms in our lives. But as men we sure do.
A Mother's day memory shared by son Jeff Westover
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 23 Sep 2017, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/the-dead-among-us/ (Reliability: 3).
I miss my Mom something fierce. I have been blessed not to have lost a lot of loved ones in my life, so losing my mother has been a new kind of experience for me, one that has surprised me many times with new emotions and feelings.
Reflections of Mom and her ongoing presence with us. By Jeff Westover
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 14 Apr 2018, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/influencers-in-my-family-history/ (Reliability: 3).
This is my Mom. I’ve told you her story many times before. It is, quite honestly, a miracle and I’m convinced she remains a guiding force even from the other side for her family.
Influencers in family history, according to Jeff Westover, son.
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 29 Jun 2018, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/our-family-in-the-spirit-world/ (Reliability: 3).
What gives me relief is that my Mother is with those she once lost – and that I too, have truly not lost anyone and never really will.
Written by Jeff Westover
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 24 Feb 2024, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/decisions/ (Reliability: 3).
When I was a teenager my Mom told me of a near death experience she had when I was very little. It was a story she would tell me at least four other times in my life.
A memory shared by son Jeff Westover
- [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, 4 Mar 2024, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/family-history-vs-family-story/ (Reliability: 3).
Mom and Dad sometimes had a passionate and even volatile relationship. Together they could sync in mad creative fits and at other times be so at odds they could hardly look at each other. I believe Mom and Dad, together, were much more than what they came to be individually.
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1943 - 2015 (72 years)
