Rosalyn-Westra-Obituary

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Rosalyn Westra

Jul 21, 1920 - Feb 28, 2025

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Rosemary, loved Rose so much. She is missed every day. Her memorial was lovely. Hope you are doing OK. Our birthday was a week apart & we celebrated it volunteering at Winchester Hospital. Love Peg

Rose was such a wonderful, always positive customer turned friend. I loved visiting her or bumping into her outside walking in her neighborhood. She truly was a special woman. May she rest in peace and continue smiling down on all those who knew her. ❤

Dear Family, What a tremendous gift Rose was to us! I will never forget her warm smile, laugh, and "Oh, who do we have here?" every time I would visit when the kids were young. They would go to the candy dish while she asked them questions all about how life was going. We always hugged her before leaving, and always left happier than when we arrived. If I was missing, the kids knew to check her backyard garden area, I would be sitting there chatting away, hearing about the latest addition of...

Dear Rosemary, sorry to hear of Rose's passing. My husband Bill & I volunteered with Rose for many years at Winchester Hospital. She was loved by everyone and will be missed. Peg MacDougall I enjoyed getting phone calls from her.

This book of memories is to serve as a record of the services you entrusted to us. We hope it will help to preserve treasured memories and that we, in some small measure, have helped to ease your burden and bring you comfort.

I´m very sorry for the entire Westra family at the passing of Rose Westra. The end of an era and the end of a generation for the Westras. Rose did not let go of life easily, the same way she endured through the rest of life´s many challenges and sorrows. I´ve know of no finer people, parents, friends or neighbors than Rose and Len Westra. They were an example to everyone in town. Comfort to the family and a wonderful life to celebrate.

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Rosalyn's Obituary

Rosalyn (Waalkes) Westra, of Reading, MA, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on February 28, 2025 at the age of 104 after a long life well lived. Her family and devoted caregivers were by her side.Rose was born July 21, 1920 and raised in Grand Rapids, MI. She was...

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