James Weldon Weedman

WEEDMAN, CADAM, JENNINGS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/21/2014 at 16:51:41

May 18, 1941 --- December 15, 2014

James Weldon Weedman, 73, Boone, Iowa, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2014, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa. Following Jim’s wishes, he will be cremated and a private family service will be held.

James was born in Carroll, Iowa, on May 18, 1941, the son of Maynard and Ruth (Cadam) Weedman. He was raised in Iowa with two brothers, Dale and Lynn Weedman. He graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1959 and enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard, where he served as a radioman on the USCGC Campbell from 1960 to 1966. He had a lifelong career with Chicago & North Western Railroad and worked in administration in Boone from 1974 until his retirement in 1988. While stationed in New York in 1963, he married Janice Jennings and later relocated to the Midwest, where they raised three sons, Jeff, Brian and Adam. Jim enjoyed spending time with his family. He also enjoyed watching golf and Cyclone and Panther sports.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Lynn. He is survived by his wife Janice and sons, Jeff and family, Sandy, Mason and Christian of Kansas City, Missouri; Brian and family, Susan, Grant, Riley and Clay of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Adam and family, Kara, Max, Greyson and Sophia of Austin, Texas; brother Dale of New Hartford, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be directed to Israel Family Hospice House, 400 South Dakota Ave., Ames, IA 50014. Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone, Iowa is in charge of arrangements.

Boone News Republican - Boone, Iowa
December 21, 2014