Sheri Lynn Salo

Sheri Lynn (Westbrook) Salo, age 42, of Dafter, Michigan, passed away Monday morning, February 13, 2012 at her home. One perk to knowing that you are going to die from an illness is that you can plan and document things AND for the control freak, write your own obituary. You know, once you realize that life is finite, the thought of losing it doesn't scare you anymore. The end comes no matter what. The only thing that matters is how you go out, on your feet or on your knees. I bring that lesson to this life, knowing that this life will end no matter what. After a long scuttle with breast cancer be damned. Sheri's main priority was her two children, Elden and Ilsa, and all of their unbelievable abilities in sports, academics, or whatever they chose to do. Sheri also dabbled in horses a little. She started riding her pony, Cocoa, bareback, around the age of 5, and came up through 4-H and Open Horse Showing. Sheri got her 4-H and Open Horse Show Judge's Card, plus worked for Fox Meadow Farm (an "A" circuit Michigan farm) for several years, and then opened her own barn, Westbrook Farms in May 1999. In 2000, Sheri became president of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Horsemen's Association, as well as hosting the Annual Westbrook Farms Benefit Show, benefiting the Special Olympics Equestrian Riders. None of this could have been accomplished without the complete and utter support of her unbelievable children (for being such perfect angels and students), her husband for building and/or fixing everything, her parents for having or doing whatever she needed, or needed done at the time, and all of her beautiful WF families for volunteering to do "whatever". Sheri is survived by her husband and high-school sweetheart: Terin; her children: Elden and Ilsa; her parents: Gene and Karen Westbrook; her grandfather: Robert Bostick; two sisters: Kim (Mario) DiLisio, and Wendy (Ray) Smith Westbrook; three brothers: Scott (Cathy) Westbrook, Doug (Donnell) Westbrook, and Jerry (Carolyn) Westbrook; her parents-in-law: Gary and Mary Ann Salo; brothers-in-law: Troy (Beth) Salo and Todd (Julie) Salo; sisters-in-law: Tanya (Kevin) Hesselink, and Tammi (Ron) Hinton; nieces: Julia and Christie DiLisio, Emily Westbrook, Sydney Smith, Taylor Westbrook, Jessica Hinton, Jelina, Janelle, and Jenna Hesselink; nephews: Angelo and Michael DiLisio, Spencer Smith, Michael Westbrook, Trenton, Davin and Caleb Salo, and Jayden Hesselink. Also the Westbrook Farms Riders: Johanna Routhier, Lillian Nelson, Sabrina Neveu, Savannah Madigan, Megan Parish, Kate Kempfert, Mairin Roberts and many others. Sheri was preceded in death by two of her grandmothers: Hazel Bostick, and Lempi Salo. Visitation will be held from 3:00 until 9:00 PM on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at C.S. Mulder Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, February 17, 2012 at St. James Lutheran Church in Rudyard, Michigan with the Reverend Michael Mannisto officiating. Burial will be at North Rudyard Cemetery later this spring. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to a charity of your choice.

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Sheri Lynn Salo

July 8, 1969 - February 13, 2012