Westberg, William M. "Bill"

WESTBERG, MOARD, ETCHEN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/26/2013 at 00:25:47

William (Bill) M. Westberg, 72, of Clear Lake, Iowa, died Wednesday, July
28, 1998 at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were Monday, Aug. 3, at the United Methodist Church, Clear
Lake. Interment was in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake. The Ward-Van Slyke
Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements. The family
suggests memorials to the Clear Lake Community School Athletic Dept.

Bill was born Dec. 4, 1925 in Boone, Iowa, the son of Gust Espe and Esther
(Moard) Westberg. He graduated from Boone High School in 1942. Following high
school he enlisted in the United States Navy and served during World War II.

After the service Bill moved back to Iowa and graduated from the University of
Northern Iowa with a degree in education. He then taught at Urbana High
School, Urbana, Iowa, then Klemme, Iowa, where he was physical education dept.
and also boys basketball coach. Bill married Betty Etchen in Klemme. They
moved to Clear Lake in the fall of 1961 where he was in the physical education
dept. and later athletic director until his retirement in the spring of 1987.

Bill officiated many girls softball games and boys basketball games. He was an
avid Hawkeye fan, Cub fan, and enjoyed playing golf and cribbage.

Bill was a member of the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, and the Iowa
State Education Association.

He is survived by a son, Dr. Mark Westberg and his wife, Rebecca, Clive, Iowa,
and one daughter, Susan Anderson, and her husband, Harlan, Englewood, Colo.;
five grandchildren, Jonathan Westberg, Curtis Anderson, Laura Westberg, Meghan
Anderson and Ashley Anderson; one sister, Jane Seiffert and her husband,
Jerry, Iowa City, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and wife in 1976.