Richard Edward WEBBER, Jr.

WEBBER, SKOGEBO, HARRIS, FJERSTAD, CRUZ, SCHMIDT, SCHOELKOPH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/27/2011 at 19:23:43

May 21, 1951 --- July 24, 2011

Richard Edward Webber Jr., died July 24, 2011, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa. Richard was born May 21, 1951, in Austin, to Richard E. and Elaine (Skogebo) Webber. He married Jolene Harris on Sept. 7, 1991, at Eagle Grove, Iowa. He graduated from Austin Community Schools in 1970. Following his graduation he worked as a printer for Green Giant. In December 1971, he enlisted in the Army, in which he served proudly. Following his discharge in 1974, he returned to work at Green Giant as well as being an Amway distributor. He attended Mankato State University briefly. He worked for various print shops including Park Press in St. Cloud, Minn. and Dakota Farmer/North Plains Press in Aberdeen, S.D., and then he opened his own print shop, Websko Printing, in his lake home at Mina, S.D.

He is survived by his wife, Jolene; mother, Elaine Webber Fjerstad of Adams, Minn.; brother, Douglas (Sandra) Webber of Plymouth, Minn.; three sisters, Trudy (Alfredo) Cruz of Sioux Falls. S.D.; Beverly Webber of Austin, and Luann (Scott) Schmidt of New London, Minn.; sister-in-law, Debra (Irvin) Schoelkoph of Ames; five nieces and four nephews and several great-nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Webber, Sr.; step-father, Harvey Fjerstad and his nephew, Zacherias Cruz.

A funeral service was held Friday, July, 25, with a visitation beforehand, at Ewing Funeral Home in Clarion, Iowa, with the Rev. Dr. David DeFor. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion with military rites by the Clarion American Legion and VFW Post Ceremonial Unit. Memorials may be left to the family’s discretion.

Austin Daily Herald - Austin, Minnesota
July 27, 2011