Birth date: Dec 7, 1943 Death date: Aug 19, 2021
On August 19, 2021, Brenda Wesner, our beloved sister, aunt, and friend, passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah after a courageous battle with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. Brenda was born on December 7, 1943, to Howard and Adaline (J Read Obituary
Please accept my sincere condolences on the passing of your beloved sister Brenda🙏🙏🙏
I knew Brenda throughout high school in Tulsa at Nathan Hale and at the University
of Oklahoma. We were in Alpha Delta sorority at OU and later shared an apartment in Maryland after we both moved to Wash DC. When I married, she was my maid of honor and was a good friend of my husband Mark. We traveled together and then gradually grew apart after we lived in different states in the DC area. I was always a fan of her theatre years and knew about her travels and cruises. Im so glad that she had a full life and was able to care for her mother, Adelaide, as she aged.
Her family has much to cherish with the memories they have of her. I am grateful for her friendship. I only wish i had been with her more these last few years.
May God Bless her and her Family,
Carol Mangold
It's a shock to hear that Brenda has died - she always stayed the same age in my mind, and she was so lively and engaged that it doesn't seem right that she isn't any more. I didn't see her often; although we both lived in Arlington, VA for many years, except for two occasions, I only saw her at family reunions in Oklahoma. I'm not sure why we didn't hang out together - I enjoyed talking to her, and as a librarian, I had a fair amount in common with her. But in my mind, Brenda was an Oklahoma person, and that's where I saw her.
I always think of Brenda's activities at the family reunions (for other Wesners, I'm Jerry's oldest). She often got some of the kids together to do a skit about our forbears, and the kids always enjoyed the experience. She was also the person who often sent out stories about ancestors she'd found out about in her studies, and I owe it to her that I know that at least one of our distant ancestors was either born or moved to America in 1640. I've quoted that to many people, over the years.
I haven't been able to make it to the last several reunions, and although we've lost a lot of family over the decades, it's Brenda whose absence will really stick out like a sore thumb the next time I do make it to one of them. I'll miss her.
Reading about Brenda’s amazing life made me both sad but also very happy to know about all the lives she touched! Especially mine! Brenda is a beautiful soul and will forever be apart of my life in so many ways!
Our dear Brenda - she was truly one-of-a-kind. Her loyalty to her friends was beyond remarkable. She was a beautiful, smart and talented Lady. Her crystal-clear soprano voice delighted all in many many musicals, to include Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (her favorite role), Kate in Kiss Me, Kate; Laurey in Oklahoma!; Amalia in She Loves Me; Desiree in A Little Night Music and so many others - for more than sixty years she was on stage. Our friendship was more than forty years long and she'll always be my friend. I'll never forget sweet Brenda. Thank you for sharing your life with me. Always, your Louie Loueye.
