Obit: Weber, James M. (1940 – 1983)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Weber, Padretti, Blume, Schumacher, Perry

Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 13 Jul 1983

Weber, James M. (19 AUG 1940 – 11 JUL 1983)

COLBY – James Melvin Weber, 42, of Colby, was dead on arrival at 11:06 p.m. Monday at Moline Public Hospital, Moline, Ill., of an apparent heart attack.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Colby. The Rev. Raymond J. Padretti will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.

Visitation at the Rux Funeral Home, Colby, will begin after 3 p.m. Thursday, and until service time Friday. Tehre will be a rosary service at 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral chapel.

He was born August 19, 1940 in Dorchester (Clark Co., Wis.) to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence (Verna) Weber. He received his education at St. Mary's Parochial School, Colby, and graduated from Colby High School in 1958. He worked at Meyer Lumber of Dorchester, and also for Spencer Pathfinder Trailer Homes.

He served with the Wisconsin National Guard and took his basic training at Fort Dix, N.J. He was then self-employed on the home farm, route 2, Colby. He was on the ASCS Soil Conservation Board of Clark County at the time of his death. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and its church council, of which he held various positions. He was presently president of St. Mary's School Board of Education.

He married Carol Blume June 13, 1964 at Marathon City. She survives along with six sons: Richard of Fort Dix., N.J. Peter, Kevin, Mark, Neal and David, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Lawrence (Verna) Weber of Holcombe; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Peter (Goldie) Schumacher of Corchester, and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Raymond (Mary Lou) Perry of…..(the rest of my article was cut off)