{"id":1818,"date":"2025-01-02T05:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T11:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2025-01-02T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T12:00:50","slug":"brian-g-westendorf-63-of-teutopolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/1818-brian-g-westendorf-63-of-teutopolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian G. Westendorf (63) of Teutopolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>Brian G. Westendorf, 63 of Teutopolis, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am Monday, January 6, 2025 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Teutopolis with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm Sunday at the church with a parish wake service to follow. Memorial donations may be given to the charity of the donor\u2019s choice.&nbsp;Arrangements are in the care of Bauer Funeral Home in Teutopolis.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Brian was born July 31, 1961 in Effingham, the son of George and Jeanette (Zerrusen) Westendorf. He was a member of the St. Francis Church in Teutopolis, the Teutopolis Knights of Columbus Council #2874, and worked many years in construction for JB Esker. Brian enjoyed watching sports and was an avid St. Louis Cardinals Fan.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Brian is survived by his parents of Teutopolis; sisters, Cindy (Bob) Niemerg of Dieterich, Brenda (Mike) Schmidt of Sun Prairie, WI, Karen (Doug) Look of Katy, TX, and Julie (Mike) Roudabush of Palm Bay, FL; nieces and nephews, Angie Tracy, Tony Niemerg, Laura Ghast, Mary Probst, Greg Schmidt, Danielle LaVoy, Tyler Schmidt, Sarah Look, Matt Look, Emily Look, Lauren DiMassa, Brett Roudabush, Adam Roudabush, and many great-nieces and nephews.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian died on Wednesday, January 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brian G. 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