Rosetta Morse Weber

1985 - 2024

Rosetta Morse Weber, 39, of Waitsfield, died April 11, 2024 from injuries sustained in a tragic vehicle collision in Moretown on her way to work. Rosetta, known by friends and family as Zetty, lived a rich, rewarding - though far-too-short - life working to improve the lives of others.

Zetty was born in 1985 in Brattleboro, and grew up with her brother, Skye, in the hills of Guilford, the daughter of Dale and Eric Morse, who had been part of the Packer's Corner neighborhood community. She graduated from Brattleboro Union High School in 2003 and earned a degree in geography and community and international development at the University of Vermont.

Very early in her life, Zetty demonstrated an inclination toward service to others and generosity. She developed her love of endurance sports as a member of the BUHS cross-country and track teams, and her appreciation of music through cello and recorder lessons at the Brattleboro Music School and her participation in the BUHS chorus and the annual musicals. While at BUHS, she helped to create the student-run organization CLEA (Child Labor Education & Action), through which she helped organize a service trip to Guatemala. The focus on child labor continued at UVM and a semester in Ecuador, where she focused on child labor and child safety issues.

A pivotal experience for Zetty was her time at the American Youth Foundation's Camp Merrowvista in Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, starting at age 12. She returned every year as a camper, then counselor, and eventually - her first job out of college - as program director. As a counselor, she led month-long backpacking, canoeing, and bicycling trips, including a bicycling circumnavigation of Nova Scotia. At Merrowvista and throughout her life, she lived the camp motto "My own self, at my very best, all the time."

Following her work there, Zetty worked as an AmeriCorps Vista volunteer (and later as a board member) with the Burlington-based DREAM (Directing through Recreation, Education, Adventure, and Mentoring) Program, a nonprofit aimed at providing free programming for kids in low-income housing communities.

Zetty then worked for the Chill Foundation, a Burlington-based organization founded by Jake and Donna Carpenter, the founders of Burton Snowboards, to "inspire young people through board sports and build a more equitable outdoor community." At the time of her death, Zetty was vice president of global programs at Chill, whose CEO, Ben Clark, described her as the "soul of Chill." He described her as "without a doubt, one of the best humans I have ever met." She was instrumental in growing Chill from a largely regional organization with a small staff when she joined the team in 2014, to a high-quality youth development organization with presence in 24 cities across 9 countries today.

Zetty flourished in the out-of-doors, and traveled widely to enjoy outdoor sports activities and spend time with friends. At every step in life - whether in Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Burlington, or Waitsfield, Zetty established lifelong friendships. She brought people together and made deep connections in every chapter of her life, both informally, as countless of her friends described at a gathering in Waitsfield following her death, and formally, as officiant of multiple weddings for dear friends and family.

Zetty was an eternal optimist who always saw the good in people. And she had an infectious smile. For Zetty, there were two kinds of days: Golden Days, which were sunny, and Silver Days, which were rainy. And all of them were great.

On Aug. 25, 2015, Zetty met Parker Weber and the two began a life of adventure together, splitting their time between Burlington and Jackson, Wyoming, big-mountain back-country skiing, surfing, mountain biking, and rock climbing from coast to coast. They were married in 2018 at Belden Hill in Guilford exactly three years from the day they met. In 2021 they welcomed their now 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Bridger. Parker recently completed a beautiful home for them, lovingly built with his own hands and nestled into the foothills near the base of Mount Ellen, where they could walk to the base lodge of Sugarbush Ski Area.

Zetty leaves her husband Parker and daughter Bridger of Waitsfield, her parents Dale and Eric Morse of Guilford, and her brother Skye Morse and wife Geneva and their sons Bennett and Emery of Guilford. To support Parker and Bridger in the years ahead, two GoFundMe campaigns have been created (on the GoFundMe website, search for "Zetty Weber").

Memorial information: A memorial service will be held at a later date at Belden Hill in Guilford.