I was born March 16, 1957, in Nashville, Kansas, delivered by T.L. Waylan
   and raised on a farm halfway between Nashville and Zenda, Kansas. My parents
   are Harold H. and Ethel (Helmke) Westerman, who still live on this same
   farm.
     At St. John's Lutheran Church in Nashville, I was baptized (April 7, 1957)
   with Vera (Westerman) Bogts (Dad's sister) and Elizabeth (Helmke) Dicke
   (Mom's sister) as sponsors. I was confirmed March 28, 1971, by Pastor Lohrke
   and married March 15, 1980, by Pastor Pullman from St. John's  College in
   Winfield.
     My husband is Norbert Blasi from Zenda. We have two daughters, Erin Elise,
   born September 6, 1984, and Audra Alane, born November 17, 1988. Erin's 
   sponsers are my three brothers, Mark, Emery and Orrin Westerman. Audra's
   sponsers are Mark's wife Joyce, Emery's wife Jennifer and Norbert's sister
   Janet.
     Growing up on our particular farm lent to some unique situations such as
   missing school because of snowdrifts blocking us in or the creek flooding
   the road at the end of our mile-long driveway. A tornado also visited the
   farm and wiped out several buildings.
     St. John's Lutheran church activities included Sunday School, Walther
   League and VBS. I was an occasional organist at the Medicine Lodge church
   and baby sat for Pastor and Mrs. Miller on choir nights. I also attended
   the Lutheran School in first and second grade; I was the only one in my
   class!
     Other activites were school choirs, sports, cheerleading, pompon and
   flag squads, softball, tractor driving, harvest truck driving, working at
   Strong's for a few summers and, of course, all those summer vacation trips
   Dad would take us on, usually to Colorado.
     My family and I currently live in Colorado.
                  
     Source:St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1994, Nashville, Kansas,  pg. 25  
     Submitted by: Beth Blasi