Obituary of Freddie West, Carroll County, Arkansas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Rosa Cline Date: 6 Jan 2010 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** WINIFRED (FREDDIE) WEST, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born December 24 1912 in Enid, OK, a daughter of Fred and Augusta (Nelson) Gensman. She departed this life Thursday, January 1, 2009 in Berryville, AR at the age of 96. Mrs. West was a member of the First Christian Church in Berryville. She was also a member of C. W. F. (Christian Women's Fellowship). Freddie was a Berryville Band Booster member and Bobcat Athletic Booster Club member and volunteered for both. She was a homemaker and worked for Vol Brashears, Sr. at Brashears Furniture Store helping in the office from 1934-1936. She is survived by two daughters, Louise (West) and husband Don Rusterholz of Berryville, AR and Ginger (West) and husband Hardie Jefferies of Ft. Smith, AR; three sons, Brooke West and wife Linda, Robert West and wife Elaine, and Fred West all of Berryville; nephew, Fred Meyers of Enid, OK; twelve grandchildren, twenty one great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; several cousins and a host of other family and many friends. On September 10, 1934 she was united in marriage with Herbert Brooke West who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Ethel Gensman, Margaret Meyers and Mildred Gensman. Visitation will be from 5 until 7:00 P. M. Friday, January 9, 2009 at the Charles M. Nelson Memorial Chapel in Berryville. Funeral services will be 10:00 A. M. Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the First Christian Church with Reverend John Turner and Reverend Judy Turner officiating. Interment will follow in the Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. Memorial donations may be made to the First Christian Church Scholarship or Memorial Fund, 306 East Church Avenue, Berryville, AR 72616; Loaves and Fishes Food Bank of the Ozarks, 301 Bunch Springs Road, Berryville, AR 72616; Lives Under Construction Boys Ranch, Inc., 296 Boys Ranch Road, Lampe, MO 65681; or St. John's Hospital-Berryville or St. John's Hospice-Berryville, 214 Carter Street, Berryville, AR 72616. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.