More Funeral pictures

Some of the pictures from the Funeral and other events
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Bill and Jeanie Westergren at the Family Dinner


Military guard before services



Lee Hopkins


Terri wise, Tom Homan, Jo Ellen Ziegler, Lee Hopkins


Terri, Bill, Jo Ellen, Lee



Terri, Bill, Jo Ellen, Lee, Jeanie


Eric Ziegler, Nichole Ivie, Susie Homan, Terri Wise
Bill Westergren, Jo Ellen Ziegler, Diana Ziegler, Lee Hopkins,
Jeanie Westergren, Don Ziegler, Tom Homan.



Cake at luncheon Color was not planned but how great it was to see it had Purple.



Swanberg's , Ted and Pat


Jo Ellen and good friend Susan Robison


Diana and Terri


Flowers and pictures


Eric, Diana, Jo Ellen, Don Ziegler and Nichole Ziegler Ivie



Terri Wise



Clean up


Nichole Ivie


Games and visiting


Tom Homan


Eric presenting Mom his Eagle Mentor pin. She was the
reason he worked so hard to get his eagle rank.

Dads grave with flowers.

27 November, 2010

Hello everyone sorry for not being able to update the blog recently but my computer crashed and my son in law just got it fixed on Thanksgiving. Thank you So much Peter. Life here is moving on I have good days and not so good days. I miss Dad so much. Hospice has free counseling for bereavement if any of you wish to use it it is available to any of the family members for 1 year. for any who wish to take advantage of this great service.

I hope as we move forward we can all use this sight for our Memories of our Family members as well as keeping the family up to date on our lives. this I will be printing out and combining into a book for a family genealogy and history.

I will be posting pictures now and then and you may as well.
Johnson Gloshot Funeral home has a Memory page for dad . Here is the web. address

http://www.jgfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Jerome-Westergren/?wms_redirected=1

Also as you might have read Bill and his family have made a donation in Dads name to the Alzheimer's association.


December 3rd. The Illinois Veterans home is having a Memorial service for those who passed away in November and Dads Name will be honored in that service it is at 1:30 at the all faiths chapel at the Veterans home. any and all family members and friends are welcome to attend.


as family news Eric leaves for his mission on Dec 11th and reports to the mission home Dec. 15th. He will more than likely be in the mission home for 2 months learning Spanish then he will be off to Vancouver Canada Mission. for the remaining 22 months. Good luck Eric you will be an awesome Missionary.

I will be posting more pictures from the funeral in a day or so.

Scott We are Praying for you.

Love you all and hope you are all well.
Jo Ellen

Uncle Bill

To Uncle Bill, Aunt Jeannie, Diane, Mike, and Susan,

I want to tell you how touched I was by the announcement that you made a donation to the Alzheimer's Association in Dad's name. What a wonderful tribute to our loving father and your brother as well as Uncle. It will certainly do more than any bouquet of flowers could do and I appreciate it so much. Thank you.

I wish to also thank you Bill and Jeannie, that you came out to the viewing and graveside service. It was wonderful to see you again and loved the stories about Dad and you, Uncle Bill about when you were young. I was most pleased that you accepted the military flag and shell casings. It was a very moving part of the ceremony.

Also, thank you for saying a few words to those who attended. I know it was hard for you, but you made not only the family members attending happy, but I believe Dad was very touched by your simple words.

Thank you again,

Lee Ann Hopkins

14 November, 2010

Pictures from the Viewing.


Plaque on Casket


Dads Viewing


Dad Looked great so peaceful.





Dads hands were in the same position as they were when he passed away.



Terri's and Dad's hands

This is the size and color of Dad's and Mom's headstones.
Mom's will look like this but also have a humming bird on it.
Dads will not have the roses but will have a tree on one side and waves across the bottom.
(See sketch below)

12 November, 2010

I just returned from Kalispell Montana late last night. I will be posting pictures as soon as Don returns home late tonight or tomorrow.

Dads funeral was very nice a bit chilly but not bad. Family in attendance were..... Myself(Jo Ellen), Don, Eric, Diana Ziegler, Nichole Ivie, Terri Wise, Lee Hopkins, Bill and Jeane Weastergren, Tom and Susie Homan. There was a few friends of mine and Dons that also attended. It was a small group of people but very nice. Terri, Lee and I picked out nice headstones for Dad and Mom. They will be placed sometime in the spring. Dads has a tree and ocean waves on it and moms has roses and a humming bird. they are a nice earthy color granite (several different browns and some black specks). We tried everything possible to get wireless up at the cemetery but nothing worked. So Nichole Videoed it and copied everyone's pictures. she is going to put them all together an a disc and I will be mailing them out to those who want them. if you are not one of the children and would like a copy please email me and let me know. Name, Address etc. you can email it to me joellenziegler@gmail.com

The military honors were done at the funeral and the Flag and shells presented to Uncle Bill.
Kalispell 3rd. ward provided a luncheon for the family and friends after the services. This was very kind of them.

I will be mailing out to the siblings a few things including programs from the funeral and a copy of the Death certificate. I will probably wait till Nichole is done with the video.


There are a few other details I will be discussing with my siblings that need to be finished up.

I know Dad is so happy to be back with Mom . We will greatly miss him but I know life is eternal and we will see him again some day.


I hope and pray we can all use this blog to keep up to date with each other and share our joys and our sorrows.

I will continue to post on here and hope you enjoy our families lives and news.

I LOVE and MISS you ALL.

Jo Ellen

5 Nov. 2010

Funeral times........... Viewing Tuesday 12- 5 PM at... Johnsone - Gloschat Mortuary .
Funeral Wednesday 2 PM at... Conrad Memorial Cemetery.

In Honor of my Dad and his Favorite color being Purple everyone Attending is invited to wear a little something Purple ( a scarf, ribbon, gloves, a pin for example).

4 November, 2010

Funeral

Viewing for Dad will be........
Tuesday November 9, 2010.

Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home And Crematory

525 Main Street
Kalispell, MT 59901-4850
(406) 752-6666


The funeral for Dad will be......
Wednesday November 10.

Conrad Memorial Cemetery

641 Conrad Drive
Kalispell, MT 59901-4629
(406) 257-5303

Link for Map of Cemetery...

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=600&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=conrad+memorial+cemetery+kalispell+montana&fb=1&gl=us&hq=conrad+memorial+cemetery+kalispell+montana&hnear=conrad+memorial+cemetery+kalispell+montana&cid=0,0,4575374424976109428&ei=MGTTTOXYGY6knAeu7dHmBQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQnwIwAA


After My arrival on Monday I will know more information on times.

I will post them then.

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers
Love you all
Jo Ellen