HALSTEAD — Maxine Westerman, 92, died Jan. 18, 2013, at the Ellinwood District Hospital. She had been a resident of Ellinwood since 2003, and formerly lived in the Halstead/Burrton area.
She was born on July 13, 1920, to Ray and Selma “Sally” (Goering) Schowalter in Cooperton, Okla.  She graduated from Moundridge High School in 1938 and married Marvin (“Bus”) Westerman in Moundridge on April 13, 1941. He died on Nov. 11, 2002.
 Maxine was a member of the First Mennonite Church of Halstead and the Halstead Historical Society.  She was a charter member of the former Halstead Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary and had belonged to the Wimodausis Club and the Halstead Saddle Club.  At points in her life, she worked as a dental assistant, a farm wife, a retail clerk, and a bookkeeper for the R & S Ranch.  From the sixties to the early ‘80s, she was co-owner of Westerman’s Country Park, rural Halstead.
She is survived by her three sons: Mike Westerman of Ellinwood, Monty Westerman of rural Moundridge, and Marc Westerman and companion Zoe Burgess of Wichita.  Other survivors include her granddaughter Stephanie (Westerman) Helms and fiancé Chris Cooley of Larned, and great-grandchildren Cassie Williams of Larned and Michael Tiede of Maize, plus a wealth of relatives and friends.
Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday,  Jan. 23 at Kaufman Funeral Home in Halstead, with the family present from  6:30 - 8 p.m.   
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 at the First Mennonite Church in Halstead with Rev. Randy Smith officiating.
Interment will follow at 2 p.m. at Mound Township Cemetery, Moundridge.    
Memorials are suggested to the church, the Halstead Historical Society, the Ellinwood Area Health Foundation, or Central Kansas Cancer Center of Great Bend.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Kaufman Funeral Home*
418 Chestnut
Halstead, KS  67056
316-835-2233
Great Bend (Kan) Tribune, Jan. 20, 2013