Area Deaths

Kasel Robinett Westbrook, 88, of Brooksville, died Saturday, Jan. 10. She was born in Oreton, Va., and moved to Dade City 60 years ago from Big Stone Gap, Va.
Ms. Westbrook was a homemaker and a Baptist.
Survivors include her sons, Dennis Robinett, of Webster, and Eddie and Darris Robinett, both of Oak Creek, Wis.; brother, Verm Robinett, of Brooksville; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Merritt Funeral Home, Brooksville Chapel.

Jesse L. Wertanen, 78, of Plymouth, Mich., died Saturday, Jan. 10, at Spring Hill Regional Hospital. He was born in Mass City, Mich., and was a local winter resident.
Mr. Wertanen was a mechanical engineer for Howden and Sirocco and was a Protestant.
Survivors include his wife, Lenore; and sisters, Marie Manierski, of Canada, and Joanne Jones, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Arrangements by Downing Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Spring Hill.