Louise Marie West
June 7, 1924 - August 5, 2017
Obituary
Louise Marie West died on August 5, 2017 in Auburn, Washington at the age of 93. She was born the 8th child of 13 births on June 7th, 1924, in Stillwater County, Montana.
After graduating from high school in Park City, Montana, she moved to Billings, Montana and worked at McKesson & Robbins.
It was there that she met her husband, Dewey West, married in February 1948 and moved to Washington State where she lived the remainder of her life.
She retired twice, the last time from Highline School District at the age of 77. She was a member of Prince of Peace Seatac. She enjoyed reading, traveling and spending time
with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey L West; parents, Fred & Elizabeth Kober; four sisters, Emma Frank, Tillie Marcus, Dorothy Miller and Frieda Tkach;
two brothers, Solomon Kober and Robert Kober.
Survivors include her daughter, Sherri (Lee) Travis; grandchildren, Lee Travis, Tiffany (Robert)Wilson, Courtney Paige (Brian) Rappleye; and 7 great grandchildren,
Hugh Travis, Ryan Travis, Joshua Wilson, Jacob Newell, Sophia Travis, Alyssa Wilson & Cecelia Rappleye; and four sisters, Minnie Berst of Billings, Montana,
Polly Vernes of Billings, Montana, Ruth Hall of Spokane, Washington & Clara Friesz of Riverton, Wyoming and many nieces, nephews & cousins.
Donations Can be made to Franciscan Hospice.
Dear Tiffany and family,
I am so sorry for your loss. Ironically, my grandma was also 93. My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
Love Ellie
What an amazing, wonderful, feisty, spunky woman. She was a blessing it was to have her in our family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Sherri and Tiffany. Love you
We only knew her for a very short time but she definately made a big impression on us! What a wonderful lady with a good sense of humor and smile..the kind of Mom everyone would like to have! God bless her…
Our condolences and prayers.
My condolences to the family. Louise was a wonderful person, and I will always fondly remember spending time with Louise, Dewey, and my Aunt and Uncle, John and Trudie Andrews.
I was so sorry to hear about your mom’s passing. Her beautiful smile and spunk will always be a beautiful memory.
Love and prayers, Janice
I was so sorry to hear about Louise’s passing. She was so welcoming, fun, funny; just plain spunky. I so enjoyed visiting with her when we would visit the area. My thoughts are with you all.