Walter F. Weber

Walter F. Weber was born on November 25, 1924, to Kathryn (nee Haag) and Karl Weber, in Milwaukee, WI. He passed away on Jan. 31, 2015, in Patagonia, AZ, at 90 years. Wally graduated from Boys' Technical High School, worked on farms as a young man, and retired from A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee after 30 years. Throughout his life, he contributed as a volunteer fireman, a part-time police officer, and a Boy Scout leader. Many activities and interests led to a wealth of information that would surface to provide help whether during a plumbing or electrical problem, a fishing trip, a car repair, or a building project. He loved to travel and introduced all of his children to camping at a young age. He was the first one up to cook pancakes, eggs and bacon as the family arose in the morning. He enjoyed visiting state parks and national parks and stopped at every highway marker for another piece of history. Family was important and included the extended Weber family in the Milwaukee area, the Phelps, scattered about Wisconsin, and the Chandlers in Manitoba, Canada. Whether attending family picnics, planning camping trips, backpacking, or playing cards with his siblings and their spouses, he enjoyed the time and the stories that came thereafter. After a second widowerhood and an early retirement, Wally took a trip to Mexico where he met his third wife, Socorro, and began a new adventure. He spent the last thirty-five years traveling between Mexico and Arizona and settled in Patagonia full time after divorcing. He came to love Patagonia, was an active member of the “boy's club” and a recent convert to the delights at the Senior Center. Sitting on a front porch was simple entertainment. Good food and the company of others were lifelong pleasures. He was known to roast pigs, and consume great quantities of any type of sausage. He made the annual Thanksgiving cranberry-orange relish, an authentic German potato salad, and enjoyed a Sunday evening glass of wine in his later years. He raised four children, Barbara (Jim) White, Marilyn (Alvino) Majalca, Robert (Reinette Goebel) Weber, Fred (Patrice) Weber; and two stepdaughters, Amelia (Javier) Silva, and Maria (Octavio) Vargas. He is survived by nine grandchildren, (Angie, Don, Marisa, Mirella, Jesse, Liliana, Walter, Erika and Kathy); ten great-grandchildren, (Ethan, Blake, William, Sophia, Angie, Mariana, Alexandra, Sofia, James, and Mackson); and nieces and nephews in Wisconsin and Canada. He was 'Tata Wally' to several others. Wally was preceded in death by his parents, Kathryn and Karl; wives, Doris Weber (Phelps) and Mary Evelyn Weber (Chandler); brothers, William, Carl, and Edward; sisters, Rose and Ruth; stepson, Juan Ramon Herrera; and several close friends. A memorial will be held in April in Patagonia, AZ.