May 23, 1915 - August 19, 2012
Lorene S. Westfall, 97, of Vincennes, passed away Aug. 19, 2012 at Colonial Assisted Living. Born May 23, 1915 in Palestine, IL, she was the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Annie (Bartmess) Shaw. Lorene was a Palestine, IL country girl. During the Depression, she moved to Washington D.C., and attended business college. She started working for the Agriculture Department and then transferred to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Lorene met her husband, Morris Westfall, while he was stationed at D.C., as a Naval Commander. They lived only three blocks from the White House. She and Morris were married in 1943, and moved back to Vincennes after the war. They built a new home in 1956 on Hart Street Road, and she lived there until moving to Colonial Assisted Living. Morris and Lorene traveled all over the United States and Canada. For their 25th anniversary, they went to eight countries in Europe. They liked it so well that they went back later that year for three more countries. Lorene was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, the Military Wives Association, and Psi Xota Zi.
Preceding her were her parents; her husband, Morris Westfall; brothers Millard and Marshall Shaw; and her sisters, Myrtle Little and Emma Gray.
Lorene S. Westfall, 97, of Vincennes, passed away Aug. 19, 2012 at Colonial Assisted Living. Born May 23, 1915 in Palestine, IL, she was the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Annie (Bartmess) Shaw. Lorene was a Palestine, IL country girl. During the Depression, she moved to Washington D.C., and attended business college. She started working for the Agriculture Department and then transferred to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Lorene met her husband, Morris Westfall, while he was stationed at D.C., as a Naval Commander. They lived only three blocks from the White House. She and Morris were married in 1943, and moved back to Vincennes after the war. They built a new home in 1956 on Hart Street Road, and she lived there until moving to Colonial Assisted Living. Morris and Lorene traveled all over the United States and Canada. For their 25th anniversary, they went to eight countries in Europe. They liked it so well that they went back later that year for three more countries. Lorene was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, the Military Wives Association, and Psi Xota Zi.
Preceding her were her parents; her husband, Morris Westfall; brothers Millard and Marshall Shaw; and her sisters, Myrtle Little and Emma Gray.
May 23, 1915 - August 19, 2012
Lorene S. Westfall, 97, of Vincennes, passed away Aug. 19, 2012 at Colonial Assisted Living. Born May 23, 1915 in Palestine, IL, she was the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Annie (Bartmess) Shaw. Lorene was a Palestine, IL country girl. During the Depression, she moved to Washington D.C., and attended business college. She started working for the Agriculture Department and then transferred to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Lorene met her husband, Morris Westfall, while he was stationed at D.C., as a Naval Commander. They lived only three blocks from the White House. She and Morris were married in 1943, and moved back to Vincennes after the war. They built a new home in 1956 on Hart Street Road, and she lived there until moving to Colonial Assisted Living. Morris and Lorene traveled all over the United States and Canada. For their 25th anniversary, they went to eight countries in Europe. They liked it so well that they went back later that year for three more countries. Lorene was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, the Military Wives Association, and Psi Xota Zi.
Preceding her were her parents; her husband, Morris Westfall; brothers Millard and Marshall Shaw; and her sisters, Myrtle Little and Emma Gray.
Lorene S. Westfall, 97, of Vincennes, passed away Aug. 19, 2012 at Colonial Assisted Living. Born May 23, 1915 in Palestine, IL, she was the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Annie (Bartmess) Shaw. Lorene was a Palestine, IL country girl. During the Depression, she moved to Washington D.C., and attended business college. She started working for the Agriculture Department and then transferred to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Lorene met her husband, Morris Westfall, while he was stationed at D.C., as a Naval Commander. They lived only three blocks from the White House. She and Morris were married in 1943, and moved back to Vincennes after the war. They built a new home in 1956 on Hart Street Road, and she lived there until moving to Colonial Assisted Living. Morris and Lorene traveled all over the United States and Canada. For their 25th anniversary, they went to eight countries in Europe. They liked it so well that they went back later that year for three more countries. Lorene was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, the Military Wives Association, and Psi Xota Zi.
Preceding her were her parents; her husband, Morris Westfall; brothers Millard and Marshall Shaw; and her sisters, Myrtle Little and Emma Gray.
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