Marlene A. Westergaard 1939 - 2004

WESTERGAARD, WETROSKY, TAYLOR

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/20/2019 at 19:24:48

Sioux City Journal
24 April 2004

SLOAN, Iowa -- Marlene A. Westergaard, 65, of Sloan died Thursday, April 22, 2004, at a Sioux City hospital.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Skien Lutheran Church in Albaton, Iowa, with the Rev. Barb Spaulding officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Township Cemetery, Albaton. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Rush Family Care Services at Onawa, Iowa.

Marlene was born Feb. 9, 1939 in Sioux City, the daughter of Mike and Evelyn (Wetrosky) Taylor. She graduated from Central High School in 1957 and entered the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1960. She trained in Iowa City and Hastings, Neb. and taught nursing at St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City for two years.

She married Norman Westergaard on Aug. 21, 1971 in Sioux City. The couple made their home at Albaton. Marlene was a professional piano entertainer around Siouxland and composed and recorded "The Return of Sioux City Sue".

She was a member of Skien Lutheran Church, where she shared responsibilities of organist for 30 years, was a member of Sloan Birthday Club and the Albaton Barbecue Bunch. She enjoyed traveling, watching movies and cooking and was well known for her infamous spaghetti sauce.

Survivors include her husband, Norman; children, Nancy and her husband, Juan Hernandez, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Debbie Griffith of Arvada, Colo. , Mike and his wife, Tracy Andrew, of Sioux City, Marcia and her husband, Jay Erickson, of Leesburg, Va., Patti Blake of Sloan and Kris Westergaard of Sloan; grandchildren, Nicole, Ashley and Joshua Andrew, Kelli Blake, Sean Westergaard, Shayla and Kassey Griffith, Abby Erickson, Sabina and Benjamin Hernandez, Timber, Tyson and Tasha Bourassa; a brother and his wife, Larry and Melissa Taylor or Salem, Ore.; her mother-in-law, Mildred Westergaard of Whiting; and a sister-in-law, Inga Vestergaard of Denmark.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a son-in-law, Dennis Blake.