Nancy Marie Westgate

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Nancy Marie Westgate, 89, of St. George, KS passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at her home.

  On June 20, 1930, Nancy was born to Harry and Reah Jeannette (Lynch) Muir in Salina, KS.  She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1948 and attended Kansas State University where she received a teaching certificate.  Out of college, Nancy was a homemaker, substitute teacher for St. George High School, and managed the fabric department at Wal-Mart for 14 years.  She was united in marriage with Myron Westgate on November 24, 1949 in Manhattan.  He survives of the home.

  Nancy had several hobbies, including gardening flowers, bird watching (especially blue birds), playing cards and marbles, and riding horses.  She was a very talented singer, artist, seamstress, and cook.  Nancy enjoyed watching Kansas State athletics, but most of all, she loved to have fun and spend time with her grandchildren.

  She is also survived by four children, Michael Westgate (Lynn), St. George, KS; Kathleen Enoch (Michael), Manhattan, KS; Laurie Redding, Ellsworth, KS; and Jody Redding, St. George, KS; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

  She is preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Harry Muir Jr. and Jim Muir; one sister, Jane Poteet; and two grandchildren, Erin Westgate and Sally Redding.

  Funeral Services for Nancy will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at the Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego. Burial will follow in the St. George Cemetery.  Visitation will start at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorials to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and may be left in care of Stewart Funeral Home, PO Box 48, Wamego, KS 66547.