Lynn Hestir Wegener

Belton & Honea Path News-Chronicle, The (SC) - Wednesday, June 19, 2019

DUE WEST -Former newspaper reporter Lynn Hestir Wegener, 74, wife of Joseph Wegener, died June 12, 2019 at AnMed Health in Anderson, following a brief illness.

She was born March 17, 1945.

Reared in Texas, she developed an early passion for literature and languages, earning a degree from Eckerd College.

She employed her linguistic skills in numerous area papers and periodicals, teaching at local public and private schools and colleges. and in homeschooling her children.

She wrote, edited and published articles in publications throughout upstate, including The Abbeville Press and Banner, The Honea Path Chronicle, Organic Gardening, Mother Earth News and various other periodicals.

She enjoyed volunteering with the American Red Cross, where her linguistic skills in Spanish, Russian and German were used. She and her husband also sponsored multiple refugee families from southeast Asia and former Communist countries throughout the 1980s and 1990s, providing homes, jobs and teaching English.

She was predeceased by her parents, Bluford and Lucy Ratchford Hestir; a son, John; and brother, Brent.

Surviving, in addition to her husband of 52 years, are sons David and James; daughters, Laura and Naomi; brother, Brad Hestir; sister, Lee Hestir Silver; eight grandchildren; one great-grandson' and numerous other family and friends.

Graveside services were held June 13 in Due West. A memorial service was held at Temple B'nai Israel in Anderson on June 16. A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com.