Gordon David Weber 1937 - 2017

HALLER, WEBER, MAXWELL

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/17/2017 at 02:20:25

Sioux City Journal
9 March 2017

ANTHON, Iowa | Gordon David Weber, 79, of La Mesa, Calif., formerly of Anthon, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at Sharp Hospice Bonita Home in Bonita, Calif.

Services will be 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Anthon. The Rev. Dan Greving will officiate. Interment will be in Kingsley Cemetery, Kingsley, Iowa, with military rites conducted by the U.S. Army National Guard and American Legion Nash Post 140 of Kingsley. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Armstrong-Van Houten Funeral Home in Anthon. Condolences may be sent online to www.armstrongfuneral.com.

Gordon D. Weber was born on Sept. 17, 1937, to Louis A. and Francis (Haller) Weber. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Anthon. He then joined the U.S. Army, where a majority of his tour was in the Panama Canal Zone. Upon his discharge from the Army, he attended Morningside College in Sioux City, graduating in 1961 with honors.

Gordon was employed with the Department of Social Services, State of Iowa at the Sioux City office for 21 years, where he held various positions before early retirement due to health problems which followed him the rest of his life.

He married Phyllis Maxwell on Nov. 20, 1983, and assisted her with her gun shops both in Iowa and California, fulfilling an interest for him. They also participated in purchasing vehicles for resale for several years. He could tell many tales about these two ventures. Gordon and Phyllis moved to La Mesa in 1987, where he enjoyed the friendship of his college buddy, Frank Beall.

Living in California gave Gordon the opportunity to play in several slow-pitch senior softball leagues and at one time he played seven days a week. The San Diego Padres and Chargers along with the Nebraska Huskers were teams he followed when he could no longer hunt with friends, which was his first love. Firearms were an item of beauty to Gordon. Before health issues made it difficult, he loved to dance to country-western music.

He leaves to mourn, his wife, Phyllis; two daughters and their husbands, Ann Sabag and Micheal of Gaithersburg, Md., and Stephanie Hollibaugh and Christopher of Hayden, Idaho. Gordon was known as Papa to his granddaughters, Isabella Rose and Lily Kathryn Hollibaugh. Survivors include a sister, Sharon (Lawrence) Peters of Correctionville, Iowa, and several nieces and nephews.

Gordon was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Paul, Chuck, and Glenn; and sisters, Marcia and Dorothy.