Arika Kelly Westgate

Arika Kelly Westgate, age 49 of Hendersonville, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024. It is with the deepest of sorrow that we announce the passing of our loved one, Arika. I believe Willie Nelson said it best when he said, Its not something you get over, its something you get through. Our family will get through this great loss only because of our Lord Jesus Christ. Arika, age 49, passed away at Vanderbilt University Medical Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, due to complications during open heart surgery.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Lester and Mary Cook of Addison, NY, and grandparents Doris and Francis Kelly of Susquehanna, PA; uncle Dyke Cook of Addison; aunt Mary Cook of Addison, aunt Lillian Denney of League City, Texas; aunt Ruth Slocum of Starrucca, PA; uncle Robert Butts of Susquehanna, PA.
She is survived by her husband, Brian Edens; her adult children, Nickolas Joseph Westgate, Luke Anthony Westgate, and Ava Rose Westgate, and step-son Chase Edens. Her parents, father, Eugene Cook of Addison, and companion Mandy Mahnke, mother, Mary Pat Kelly Upright and husband, Brent Upright, of Painted Post. Siblings, John Costello IV, Christopher Cook, and Tyler Cook, ex husband, Tim Westgate, and step father, Jack Costello III. Aunt Zilla Cook of Addison, uncle Jim (Deb) Kelly of Thompson, PA; niece, Dakota Cook, several cousins, and numerable friends!
Arika was born in Corning, NY. Graduated Rockland High School, Massachusetts, attended Baystate College, Boston. She had a very successful career in real estate and most recently was Leasing Manager with Mission Rock Multi Family Residential Management Company in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
The most identifying part of Arikas life was her profound and very personal relationship with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Through the Holy Ghost Arika was gifted with inward spiritual strength. Her 49 years were a gift of God having been healed as a child from malignant cancer of her spine when given six weeks to live. Her life was a miracle, and she lived it to the fullest. She loved nature, mountains, campfires, gardening, her dogs Buster and Reece, music, dancing, laughing, and preaching the Word of God. But most of all Arika loved being a mother and conversing with her own Mother daily. She was easy to love, will always be loved, and will surely be missed.
Family and friends are invited to call on Saturday, November 16th, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Flint Funeral Home, 10 Wall Street Addison, New York. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm and burial will follow in the family plot in St. Catherine's Cemetery.
Service Details
Visitation
When
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location
Flint Funeral Home
Address
10 Wall Street
Addison, New York 14801
Funeral Service
When
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 2:00pm
Location
Flint Funeral Home
Address
10 Wall Street
Addison, New York 14801
Interment
When
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 3:00pm
Location
St. Catherine's Cemetery
Address
Maple Street
Addison, New York 14801 To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of Arika Kelly Westgate (Cook), please visit our Tree Store.