TITLE:  Willi Weber, Obituary,  April 19, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  Journal Inquirer
             Manchester,CT (issue Apr 24, 2001)

FORMATTED:   ABishop, May 2001

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Willi Weber

Willi Weber, 64, of Vernon, beloved husband of Carol (Krieski) Weber, died 
Thursday, April 19, 2001, at Hartford Hospital after a courageous battle with 
cancer.

Born in Mannheim, Germany, the son of the late Wilhelm and Elisabeth (Wolf) 
Weber, he apprenticed as a pattern maker before emigrating to the United 
States in 1954. He joined the United States Army and served his new country 
in Korea. After his discharge he settled in New Jersey and came to Vernon in 
1966. 

In 1970 he founded Arrow Pattern & Model Co. with his partner Ron Trueb. 
In 1994, the name of the company was changed to Arrow Diversified Tooling Inc.


He was a very active member of the Hartford Saengerbund Club, having served as
president, helping to found the golf league and many other activities of the 
club. He was also a member of the CT Tooling and Machining Association and the
Tolland County Chamber of Commerce. He was an avid skier and golfer.

Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Garry Weber and his wife, Anne, 
of Pittsburgh; a daughter, Carol Tani and her husband, Peter, of Vernon; 
a brother, Helmut Weber of Germany; five beloved grandchildren, Bryan, Paul 
and Charles Weber, and Rachael and Olivia Tani; his nieces and nephews, 
Wernfried, Gabi, Simone, and Viola; his aunt, Stella Kittel of Manchester; 
and his beloved schwiegermutter, Caroline Krieski of Manchester. He was 
predeceased by his sister, Inge Vondung.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 23, at St. Matthew 
Church, 111 Tolland Green, Tolland, with the Rev. Joseph Ekeburg, pastor of 
Peace Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will follow in St. Edward Cemetery, 
Stafford Springs.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 22, at 
Ladd-Turkington Funeral Home, 551 Talcottville Road, Route 83, Vernon.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hartford Saengerbund Children's Fund, 719 N. Mountain Road, Newington, CT 06111, or Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Colon Cancer Research, 1275 York Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021



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