Gary Lawrence Weber, 75, of Springfield, MN died on Saturday, October 15,
2011 at Wood Dale Nursing Home in Redwood Falls, MN.
Visitation will be at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield, MN on
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and will continue on
Thursday at 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in
Springfield, MN.
There will be a Parish Prayer Service on Wednesday at 6:30 PM at the Sturm
Funeral Home in Springfield, MN.
Service will be held at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield on
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM.
The Clergy will be Father Dennis Labat.
Interment will be at the St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield, MN.
E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at www.sturmfh.com.
Gary Lawrence Weber, age 75, of Springfield MN died Saturday Oct. 15, 2011
at Wooddale Home in Redwood Falls.
Gary was born July 29, 1936 in Leavenworth Township, Brown County, to
Leonard and Lorena (Schneider) Weber. After school, Gary served in the U.S.
Army from 1959 to 1965 as a guard at a fuel depot in Korea. Upon returning
from the service, Gary married Marcia Ann Hornick on Aug. 29, 1963, where
they farmed and raised four sons, Mark, Mike, Keith, and Kevin, in
Leavenworth, MN. Nearing retirement from farming he started working for
Mathiowetz Construction in Leavenworth.
Gary liked the outdoors and liked to camp, hunt and fish. He was a bit of
an inventor, tinkerer, and artist, working on wood and leathercraft projects
in his shop. Gary also loved to travel, with a favorite destination being
the American south and southwest. Later in life, he enjoyed dancing,
socializing, and taking road trips on his motorcycles.
Gary was a member of St. Raphael's Parish, the Knights of Columbus, the NRA,
NFO, and Farmers Union. He served on the Brown County Soil Conservation
Board, and in 1984, the Weber farm received a MN Century Farm designation.
Surviving Gary is his dear friend Kathy Vogel of Sanborn, ex-Wife Marcia
Weber of Comfrey, sons Mark of New Prague, MN, Mike of Comfrey, MN, Keith of
Evan, MN, and Kevin of Eagle Lake, MN, his brother Kenny of Spring Hill, FL,
brother Donald of Sholo, AZ, and granddaughter MacKenzie Weber of Eagle
Lake. Gary was preceded in death by his parents, sister Sharron Ibberson of
Sleepy Eye, MN, brother Duane of Sleepy Eye, MN and sister Charlotte Wall of
CA.

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