The couple separated in 1912. The marriage ended in divorce. The couple had one daughter, named Ethel. After Westley retired from acting in 1942, she later moved into her daughter's home in Middlebush, New Jersey, where they both lived until her death on December 12, 1942 from an undisclosed illness. Upon her death, she was cremated at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Linden, New Jersey, and on December 17 of the same year, her daughter had her ashes buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York in Section 9, Lot 26 (the same site where Westley's mother and father were buried).
The couple separated in 1912. The marriage ended in divorce. The couple had one daughter, named Ethel. After Westley retired from acting in 1942, she later moved into her daughter's home in Middlebush, New Jersey, where they both lived until her death on December 12, 1942 from an undisclosed illness. Upon her death, she was cremated at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Linden, New Jersey, and on December 17 of the same year, her daughter had her ashes buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York in Section 9, Lot 26 (the same site where Westley's mother and they were buried).

