Rosemary Wester, 84, passed away on November 14, 2020 at Crestwood Manor in Whiting, NJ. Rosemary was born in Kingston, PA and grew up in the Wyoming Valley. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Marywood College and College Misericordia in Pennsylvania in English and Music. She went on to enjoy a long teaching career starting at Wyoming Valley West and St. Jude’s Catholic School, culminating with teaching music, chorus and English at Crestwood High School in Mountaintop. She was an organist and choir director at numerous churches in Kingston, Hudson and Mountaintop, enriching the musical lives of all of those she taught and mentored.
She retired to Barnegat, New Jersey in 1998 and enjoyed her time on the beach, traveling and with her friends in choral, theater and ceramic groups in her community. She continued to enjoy music and participated in numerous choral and cabaret performances despite suffering a debilitating stroke in September of 2014. She later moved to Crestwood Manor in January, 2015.
Rosemary was predeceased by her mother, Rose Kosierowski, and father, Stanley Krawczyk, and her precious dog, Youshka and cat, Luci. She is survived by her daughter, Marete Wester, and her son-in-law, Peter Syak.
Private cremation was arranged by the Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home in Whiting, New Jersey. Due to COVID-19, a memorial service will be postponed to sometime in 2021, and an online memorial is planned.
A fierce fighter and lifelong advocate for the arts and especially arts education inspiring her daughter, Marete, to do the same. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in Rosemary’s memory to Americans for the Arts at https://americansforthearts.salsalabs.org/rosemarywester.
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