Francis Eugene "Gene" Weir 1898-1977

WEIR, ROKENBRADT, LARSON, KENDLE

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 10/17/2012 at 00:18:57

Francis (Gene) Weir
Estherville – Francis Eugene (Gene) Weir, 79, rural Estherville, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 1977, at Holy Family Hospital.

Services for Mr. Weir will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Estherville Presbyterian Church with Pastor Donald Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Henry and Olson Funeral Home until time of services Tuesday.

Mr. Weir was born July 17, 1898, Estherville, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Weir. He was married to Hazel Rokenbradt at Estherville on June 17, 1920.

He farmed in the Estherville and Dunnell, Minn., areas until 1947, then was engaged in trucking until retiring in 1962. The Weirs spent their summers at Ash River Trail, Orr, Minn.

Mr. Weir is survived by his wife, Hazel; two sons, Frederick Weir, Spring Green, Wisc., and George Weir, Swarthmore, Penn.; two daughters, Mrs. Maurice (Perl) Larson, Estherville and Mrs. Carol Kendle, Lincoln, Neb.; 11 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and three brothers, Lynn Weir and Donald Weir, both of Estherville, and Lee Weir, Plainfield, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 15, 1977)