Carole Westberg

Carole J Westberg
July 2, 1942 - May 21, 2019

Carole Jean Stuck, 76, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin passed away peacefully at Community Memorial Hospital on May 21, 2019. Carole was born in Racine, Wisconsin July 2, 1942 to Jennie (Wojszko) Fred Westberg. She was the oldest of three children with brothers Freddy and Jim. She enjoyed summer family trips to visit in-laws, aunts, uncles and cousins throughout northern Wisconsin, including the towns of Winter, Adams, Lake Winnebago, and Lake Tomahawk.

Soon after her birth, the family moved to live upstairs of her mother’s parents, Vicky and Stanley Wojszko. The home on Franklin St. was the location of where she met a number of her lifelong friends. Her neighborhood schools included Stephen Bull Elem., Franklin Jr. High and Washington Park High School, where she graduated in 1960. Carole’s first job will remind us all of the 1950s. She worked at Red’s Drive-in, a popular hamburger joint in Racine. She worked there with her grandma Vicky. 

After high school she attended R.C.K. Teachers College which led to her teaching 3rd and 4th grades at St. Lucy’s Catholic School. In 1963 Carole’s friend Sandy married Gordy and was introduced to Gordy’s cousin David Stuck. Dave and Carole would fall in love and marry in 1965. Dave worked for the City and Carole worked 21 years for Boston Store. In 2015 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Sadly, Dave passed away in 2017.

Dave and Carole moved to Milwaukee and started a family. They enjoyed following their son Keath’s participation in diving, wrestling and football. Active members of the Vincent High School booster club. When Keath became a rabid Kansas City Chiefs fan, Carole became a loyal Chiefs fan for the rest of her life. A family dog was named “K C”. One especially memorable moment occurred when Carole and Keath flew to Kansas City, wearing all of their Chiefs gear, on a plane filled with Packer fans, to see the Chiefs play the Packers. No shrinking violets here.

Carole had a special bond with her daughter Sarah. They both loved to go to antique stores and craft stores in search of treasures. They made time to do their annual pre-holiday trip to shop for gifts, ornaments with stops at O &H Bakery and Kewpies.

As some point in their lives, she watched over each of her 6 grandchildren, Nessa, Stephan, Meena, Jazzmin, Jaymin and William. She spent hours baking cookies with them, doing craft projects, helping with school projects (oops, sorry teachers) and teaching them embroidery. The grandkids loved their grandma and repaid her by doing household chores and helping with grocery shopping.

Carole’s strength can be demonstrated by being a 25 year breast cancer survivor. With the support of her husband David, and children, she endured many rounds of chemo and radiation treatments. She became active in the local breast cancer survivor support group. We were told that many women were inspired to continue their fight after hearing Carole tell her story. 

Carole’s story cannot be told without telling how she became interested in mushroom Christmas ornaments. It started with a gift of a mushroom ornament from Germany. She thought it was unique and started out to see if she could find more of them. It became a passionate hobby. So much so, that the Milwaukee Journal featured an article about her in the holiday section. Her collection has 2,000 mushroom ornaments.

Everyone who met Carole commented on how nice she was to them. She left a lasting impression to all. We want to thank all of her friends for their kind thoughts including: Sandy and Gordy, Pat and Jerry, Marion C., Carl and Ruth, Carol J., Marcie, Shirley, Margie, Mary Ann, Cindy, Lisa N. and Rosemary.

A private family memorial service has been held.

Skip & Gus

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