Kenneth Wayne Robertson; Music Director

Kenneth Wayne Robertson, music director, died Sunday at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. He was 53.

He was born Jan. 14, 1946, in Greenwood, Miss., to Annette and Rev. O.B. Robertson.

Robertson attended high school in Bakersfield and then went to Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss., where he received a bachelor’s degree in music. He went on to Cal Lutheran University and received a master’s.

Robertson was a soloist and choral music director for more than 35 years. He had served for the past 10 years as director of music ministries at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village. He challenged the choral members with difficult music and encouraged them to give their best.

He was preceded in death by his son Kenn, sister Elizabeth Jane Fleck, and father O.B. Robertson.

He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Suzanne; their daughter, Angel; mother, Annette Robertson; brothers David and Robert of Mississippi, and Jim of Thousand Oaks; and sister Carol Heisler of Fairfax, Va.

Services were held on Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village.

Donations in his name can be made to the Anise P. McDaniel Scholarship Fund, Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss.

Arrangements were under the direction of the James A. Reardon Mortuary in Oxnard.