Lt. Col. Michael S. West
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NAME: Lt. Col. Michael S. West AGE: 74
DIED: 5:45 a.m. Wednesday June 7, 2017 at his home with family at his side.
BORN: December 28, 1942 in Crocker, MO.
OCCUPATION: Retired from the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard after 28 years of service and later a truck driver for Kienstra Concrete. He loved his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing, camping, traveling, and country music.
PARENTS: Wilbur West, Jr. & Martha (Sevier) West-Crotchett (Both Deceased)
1st. MARRIED: Joyce Schaefer on July20, 1962 and they had 3 children
2nd MARRIED: Catherine “Cathy” (Pruitt) Dixon
DATE & PLACE: March 13, 1982 at The Fieldon Church of Christ
MEMBERSHIPS: Kampsville American Legion, VFW of Newfane, N.Y., and Calhoun Masonic Lodge #792 (past master)
VISITATION: 2-5 p.m. Sunday June 11, 2017
At Fieldon Baptist Church
1:45 p.m. Masonic Funeral Rites
FUNERAL: 11:00 a.m. Monday June 12, 2017 at Fieldon Baptist Church
Military Graveside Rites by Tri-County Honor Guard
CLERGY: Pastor Ralph “Bo” Schultz
BURIAL: Fieldon Cemetery
MEMORIALS: Memorials to The Shriners Hospitals for Children or Fieldon Baptist Church
SURVIVORS
WIFE: Cathy West
CHILDREN: Kim (Kevin) Cawley ofWebster,NY., Lynnette (Peter) Swendsen of Akron, NY., Melissa (Barry) Hammond of Blacklick, OH.
Steve (Julie) Dixon of Fieldon, IL.
Sandra (Robert) Lennington of Arz.
Pam Dixon of Niagara Falls, NY.
GRANDCHILDREN: 16GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: 13
SISTERS: Joan Meyers and Ruth (Evert) Poyner
SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS
VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: Johny Boy
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents, Step-Father: Tom Crotchett, Granddaughter: Stephanie Frank, Brother and his wife: Doug & Dorothy Skirvin, Brother in Law: Russ Meyers
ALEXNDER & GUBSER FUNERAL HOME
IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
Alexander Funeral Home
