Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Weber, Joseph "Joe" Norman May 10, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 28, 2006
     Joseph “Joe” Norman Weber, 65, a resident of Moro, died at his residence 
Wednesday, May 10, 2006.
     He was born in New Salem, Mich., on July 14, 1940, the second of eleven 
children to Norman John and Agnes Flora (Vogt) Weber. He grew up in Michigan 
and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Grand Rapids.
     He served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 - 1964, and then settled in Oregon 
to work highway maintenance for the Oregon State Department of 
Transportation.  He worked all over the state including Madras, Klamath Falls, 
The Dalles, Umatilla, Hood River, Mt. Hood and the Mid Columbia area.
     He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and also attended Moro 
Community Church. He was a member of the Sherman County Historical Society and 
was a “historian without a degree.” He enjoyed reading, studying history, 
traveling and volunteering at various museums and historical sites.
     He is survived by his wife, Sheila May (Denley) Weber, whom he married on 
Dec. 19, 1969, in The Dalles; his step-son and his wife, Kip and Paige 
(Walker) Lindley and their daughters, Charlotte and Emma, all of Aloha; his 
daughter, Regina Kay Taylor and her sons, Patrick, Benjamin and Daniel, all of 
Pendleton; his father and step mother, Norman and Waneta Weber, Tucson, Ariz.; 
his siblings and their spouses, Betty Weber, Wyoming; Larry and Sandra Weber, 
Florence, Ariz.; Don and Pauline Weber, Floral Vista, N.M.; Lenore Nowak, 
Florence, Ariz.; Carolyn and David Zinger, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Alma and Wayne 
Meeusen, Superior, Colo.; Karl and Barbara Weber, Baldwyn, Mich.; Colett 
Weber, Florence; Phillip Weber, Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Peter and Connie 
Weber, Dorr, Mich.; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death 
by his mother, Agnes.
     Viewing visitation will be held on Friday, May 12, at Spencer, Libby and 
Powell Funeral Home from 2 p.m. through recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m.
Mass of Christian burial and funeral service will be held at the Grass Valley 
Grade School Gym with Fr. John Vogl and Rev. Robert Stone officiating. 
Interment will follow at the Moro Community Cemetery with a “Celebration of 
Life” at Moro Presbyterian Church to follow.
     Memorials may be made to Sherman County Historical Society, PO Box 173, 
Moro, OR 97039 or Hospice of the Gorge, 751 Myrtle St., The Dalles, OR 97058.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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