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Herman Weck Obituary

HERMAN I. WECK GENEVA, IL Herman I. Weck, died peacefully in Geneva IL on March 28, 2013. He was the loving husband of Barbara D. (Fiola) Weck who died in 1995. Herman is survived by his brother, Egon Weck of Falls Church, VA; and all five of his children: Edward Weck, J. David Weck, Eric Weck, Margaret Weck, and Elizabeth (Weck) Thill; as well as six grandchildren; and one great grandson. Born on March 20, 1921 in Kirchberg, Saxony, Germany, Herman was a naturalized U.S. citizen who immigrated to Passaic, NJ with his parents and brother in 1928. He graduated with a B.S. from Columbia University and received his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 1948. Herman met and married Barbara while working in the research lab at the Standard Oil of Indiana Whiting refinery. He worked his entire career with Standard Oil - Amoco Oil, registering several patents for crude oil processing. The family moved to Bismarck, ND where he worked as the operations engineer at the Mandan, ND refinery for 10 years before moving to Flossmoor, IL and working in Chicago. Following his retirement from Amoco Oil in 1983, he and Barbara enjoyed international travel, the opera and philately. A private memorial service will be held by the family at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Lyric Opera of Chicago, www.lyricopera.org/ support/donate.aspx, would be greatly appreciated.

Published by The Times on Apr. 7, 2013.
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I was saddened to learn of Herman"s passing. He and I were fellow engineers at Amoco. During our retirement years we frequently got together with other retirees to enjoy lunch and conversation.I lost track of Herman when he moved from his condo in Geneva. I was sorry for that because we had many common interests. I hope his last years were comfortable.

John Nilwee

May 3, 2013

With deepest sympathy to all of you Diane Jones

April 7, 2013

Diane Jones , My sympathy to all of you, he did lead a long and friutful life

April 7, 2013

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. We have many fond Herman memories.

Kim Cosman

April 7, 2013

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