The loss of a community supporter

With Lousie Wesswick’s passing last week, the county has lost one of its biggest proponents of the humanities.

Wesswick headed up the Wesswick Foundation, which provided funding to a number local events and causes, much of which supported speakers and performers at Western Wyoming Community College. The college’s speaking series was named for both Louise and her sister, Arlene Wesswick. The work she did through her foundation ultimately resulted in her receiving the Governor’s Arts Award in 2010.

More recently, the foundation donated books to students in Sweetwater County School Dist...