March 19, 2024

Phyllis Rollstin Westerhaus

Feb. 11, 2017

Phyllis Rollstin Westerhaus died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz., after a short illness of less than a week. She was the daughter of Andrew and Marie Hill Rollstin and was born June 10, 1925, in Newton. She graduated from Newton High School with the class of 1943. While employed in the Maytag Company office, she met the love of her life, a young engineer also at Maytag, George Westerhaus, and they were married Feb. 23, 1952, at the Sacred Heart Church in Newton. Later, while living in Wichita, Kan., three daughters, Linda, Barbara and Patricia, made their family complete. After George’s death and later in her retirement, she moved to Scottsdale to be near her daughters and their families.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sisters; and six brothers.

Those left to honor her memory include Linda (David) Hill, Barbara (Todd) Reusser and Patricia (Steve) Hattrup; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; five nieces; and a nephew.

A Mass of Christian burial was Saturday, Feb. 18 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Community. Internment will be in Newton, Kan., at St. Mary’s cemetery March 4.