Cheryl T. WESTBROOK

WESTBROOK, Cheryl T. SSgt., 35, went to be with her Jesus on Saturday, May 18th, 2013. She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and raised in the Tabor/ Yankton, South Dakota area with her mother, sister, and numerous relatives. Cheryl graduated from Yankton High School and immediately joined the Air Force. During her 18 years of service as a surgical technician, she was stationed in many countries including Germany, Japan, and South Korea as well as air force bases in Florida and Nebraska. Her life was blessed by many friendships made throughout the world. She cherished many things, especially time with her family and friends but most importantly her two nephews. She had many other loves which included traveling worldwide, dragon flies, windmills, and all kinds of artwork, Czech Days, Eeyore, all animals, and her signature color, pink. She is survived by her mother, Dianne Vanecek, sister, Angela Vanson (Jim), 2 nephews, Salvator and Dominic, maternal grandparents, Alvin and MaryAnn Vanecek, aunt, Jeannette Hisek (Dennis), uncles Kenneth Vanecek (Eve Kloucek) and James Vanecek (Wendy), and many cousins. Her life will be celebrated on May 22nd, 3:00 PM at Garden of Memories, 4207 E Lake Ave., Tampa, Florida with military honors. Another celebration will be held at 1:00 on Saturday, July 6th, at the American Legion Hall in Tabor, South Dakota. In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. The family requests that everyone wear something pink, in celebration of Cheryl's fun loving happy spirit.