Victoria Linn WESTFALL

WESTFALL, HOVERSTEN, REED, HUISENGA, FABER, TAYLOR, RUSH, DIMARCO, LAVARTA, MCMILLION

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/6/2011 at 19:44:14

November 5, 1993 -- May 3, 2011

ALDEN, IA - Victoria Westfall, 17, of Alden died Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Iowa Falls High School Auditorium. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, also at the Iowa Falls High School Auditorium. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Popejoy. Memorials may be directed to the family in care of her mother, Virginia Hoversten, 174 Balsam Ave., Alden, IA 50006. The Linn's Funeral Home, 1521 Washington Ave., Iowa Falls, is in charge of arrangements.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
May 5, 2011

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Victoria Westfall, 17, of Alden, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Funeral services for Victoria Westfall will be 10:30 am Saturday at the Iowa Falls High School Auditorium. A time of visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 pm Friday evening also at the Iowa Falls High School Auditorium. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Popejoy, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the family c/o her mother: Virginia Hoversten, 174 Balsam Avenue, Alden, Iowa 50006. The Linn's Funeral Home, 1521 Washington Avenue, Iowa Falls, Iowa is in charge of arrangements.

Victoria Linn Westfall was born November 5, 1993, at Charleston, West Virginia, the daughter of Virginia Linn [Hoversten] and Richard Ray Westfall. She attended grade school in Garner and Clarion, the Clarion Middle School, the Clarion and Iowa Falls Alden High Schools, and was currently in 11th grade at Iowa Falls Alden. While in school she participated in Honor Choir, Track, Softball, Dance, Drill Team, and FFA. She was a member of the Clarion Church of Christ and the ATF Youth Group. Victoria was employed as an auto mechanic with Tracy's Auto, Iowa Falls.

Victoria Westfall is survived by her mother: Virginia [Shane Reed] Hoversten of Alden, Iowa; her father: Richard R. Westfall of Richmond Virginia; her sister: Vanessa Huisenga of Alden, Iowa; her maternal grandparents: Kenneth and Linda Hoversten of Alden, Iowa; her paternal grandparents: Sandy [William] Faber of Richmond, Virginia, Richard E. Westfall of Pawleys Island, South Carolina; her foster grandparents: Jan and Larry Taylor of Clarion, Iowa; her aunts and uncles: Mark [Janelle] Hoversten of Lochbuie, Colorado, Matthew [Kymberly] Hoversten of Alden, Iowa, Elizabeth [Mark] Rush of Alden, Iowa, Michael DiMarco of Ames, Iowa, Rebecca [Joe] LaVarta of Ellsworth, Iowa, Joshua [Amber] Hoversten of Boone, Iowa, David Westfall of Elk View, West Virginia, and Robin [Michael] McMillion of Richmond Virginia. She was preceded in death by a half brother: Devon Westfall; and an uncle: Benjamin Hoversten.

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Iowa Teen Wearing Seat Belt Ejected From Car, Dies

ALDEN, Iowa --

Crash investigators said the force of a crash was so severe that a teen driver who was wearing her seat belt was ejected Tuesday. The crash happened on a Hardin County road south of Oakland at Dogwood Avenue and Hardin Street at 7:40 a.m. Investigators said a pickup truck driven by Marlo White, 56, drove into an intersection and hit a car driven by Victoria Westfall, 17, of Alden. White's vehicle struck the driver's door of Westfall's car, officials said. Both vehicles were thrown into the ditch. Investigators said Westfall was ejected despite wearing her seat belt due to the severity of the damage. Westfall was flown by air ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, but later died. White suffered injuries and was taken to Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls. The crash remains under investigation.

KCCI.com