John Henry Westerbeke was born in Fairhaven, Vermont, in 1909. The Ag culture had not quite left the original colonies, and Westerbeke, along with his family, moved to Meredith, New York, when his ...

Patty Westerbeke, a founder of Westerbeke Ranch Conference Center and a leading player in Sonoma’s spiritual community, died Nov. 16 of complications from a fall. She was 87. Born Aug. 11, 1925, in ...