Weter, Keith "Wete" O. 1963-2021

WETER, GALLAGHER, TREASE, GULLING, JACOBY, WHITE, ONEAL

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 10/11/2021 at 14:11:30

Keith O Weter
August 11, 1963 ~ October 06, 2021 (age 58)

Keith “Wete” Oakland Weter. 58, of Newton, died on Wednesday, October 06, 2021, at Unity Point Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

The family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at the funeral home. Immediately following the service burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery followed by a celebration of Keith’s life at the American Legion Post 111. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the American Legion Post 111 – to be used to establish a scholarship in Keith’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Keith “Wete” Oakland Weter was born on August 11, 1963 in Newton, Iowa to Okie and Catherine Mary (Gallagher) Weter. He attended Newton Community Schools and graduated from Newton High School in 1982. He lived in Newton all his life.

Keith has a special place in his heart for veterans and anything to do with the military since both of his parents served in WWII. You could often find Keith driving through cemeteries looking for missing flags on a Veteran’s grave and he carried extras with him so he could replace them. Keith worked at Jocko’s in Newton for 17 years. He later worked for Forbes Office Supply putting together furniture for Maytag and most recently he worked for Brownell’s in Grinnell.

Keith was very active in the community serving as a founding member and Commander for the Sons of the Legion and he was part of the American Legion Honor Guard. He was a member of the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, the Elks Lodge Post 1655, the American Legion Post 111, and the NRA. For many years Keith served his famous Tom and Jerry’s at the Legion and the Elks on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. Keith also chaperoned an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. Since 1990, he and his friends loved traveling to Indianapolis every year for the Indianapolis 500. Keith was a friend to all he met.

Keith is survived by his siblings, Thomas Weter (Patty Trease) of Newton; William (Dee) Weter of Newton; Kathy (Doug) Gulling of Newton; Loretta (Rocky) Jacoby of Texas; his special friend, Jenny White and her children, Parker and Libby White, all of Newton; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Elizabeth O’Neal.

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Services

VISITATION
Tuesday
October 12, 2021
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory
1115 E. 19th St. N.
Newton, IA 50208-2539

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FUNERAL SERVICE
Wednesday
October 13, 2021
1:30 PM
Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory
1115 E. 19th St. N.
Newton, IA 50208-2539 ~ The Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa 06 Oct 2021.