Dale L Weber

Dale Leonard Weber, age 91, of Westphalia, Kansas passed away on January 8, 2015 at Golden Heights. Dale, the only child of Leonard J. Weber and Edna (Hartman) Weber was born December 2, 1923 in Ottawa, Kansas. He grew up on the family farm north of Westphalia, attending school at Oak Valley, a half mile south of his house and graduated from Westphalia High School. He was a great roller and ice skater and shared with us when going to school in the winter that it was more important to remember your ice skates than your lunch bucket. Dale married Arvetta Mae Hirt on May 14, 1944. Dale and Arvetta purchased a farm southeast of Westphalia and farmed there until Arvetta passed away on September 9, 1949. One son, Gary Dale Weber was born to their marriage. Shortly after this, Dale moved to the family farm north of Westphalia where he remained the rest of his life. On April 25, 1952, Dale married Dorthy Dean Gillogly of the Welda area. Dorthy took in Gary as her own son and their marriage was blessed with three more children, Larry, Judy, and Shirley. Some of the things we remember he enjoyed were playing games on winter evenings, fishing, hunting, photography, cherry nut ice cream, the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night radio and work. Dale loved the outdoors, farming and livestock. In his younger years, his farm consisted of a dairy cow herd and row crops. As time went by, he gave up the dairy although he continued to raise row crops. He raised lots of different kinds of livestock over the years including hogs, sheep, beef cattle, and chickens. He eventually began to raise mostly chickens and at one time was producing approximately 120,000 pullets a year. In his later years, he planted his crop land to grass and produced beef cattle. His passion was serving God and he could be found early every morning reading his Bible and praying. He was a charter member of the Garnett Church of the Nazarene and in 1962, spent many weeks along with others building the original church that still remains. He was a strong supporter of missions and participated in several overseas mission work trips. Dale was a member of the local Gideon's Chapter and was actively involved at the local and state level for 40 years. Over the years, he seldom ever missed a meeting or activity. He served as the local Gideon president and other Gideon positions for most of those years. He was instrumental in the recruiting and mentoring numerous men to be Gideon's. Dale is survived by his four children, Gary Weber and wife Dianne of Edmond, Oklahoma; Larry Weber and wife Dena of Westphalia, Kansas; Judy Ryman and husband Kerry of Garnett, Kansas; Shirley Fischer and husband Jon of Quito Ecuador; eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, January 12, 2015, at the Church of the Nazarene, Garnett; burial will be at 9:00 a.m., prior to the service at Bethel Cemetery, Westphalia. Family will greet friends on Sunday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Gideon's International. You may send your condolences to the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com .