EDSEL WEBER

EDSEL VERNON WEBER Edsel Vernon Weber, 97, died January 25, 2024, at the home of his daughter Yvonne and her husband Lynn Reusser where he lived since January of 2023. He was born June 18, 1926, to Solomon and Ora Crum Weber of Lewisville, Ohio. He graduated third in his class from Lewisville High School in 1944. He excelled in chemistry, played on the basketball team, won state awards in public speaking, and was active in Future Farmers of America. He was selected to attend Boys State and entered the United States Navy where he served as a Radioman 3rd class near the close of WW2 on the Aircraft Carrier Rudyard Bay. By way of the GI bill, he was accepted into the Dairy Technology program at Ohio State University where he earned his Bachelor's degree in 1950. After working at Smith Dairy for several years, he began his lifelong career selling cleaners for the dairy industry in Northeastern Ohio for the Diversey/ Wyandott Corp. For 32 years he was devoted to his customers and he was recognized almost every year as the top salesman within the company. He served as president of NE Ohio Dairy Tech society, was a city councilman for the City of Orrville, an active member of Smithville Brethren Church, and later, Orrville Presbyterian Church until he moved to Florida. In 1949 he married his first wife, Josephine Volpe Weber, who died in 1977. In 1978, he married Shirley Graves, who died in 2022. He is survived by his three daughters: Yvonne (Lynn) Reusser of Woodsfield, Kathleen (David) Metzger of Livingston, Texas, and Ruby Weber (best friend Vohn Adams) of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; four stepchildren: Lynn Graves, Leslie Graves, Jeff (Mary) Graves and Lee Anne Graves; five grandchildren: Karena (Ken) Cooper, Natalie (Casey) Bott, George (Vera) Reusser, Lynn J (Brianna) Reusser; seven step-grandchildren: Megan (Aaron) Boos, Lindsay (Andy) White, Benjamin Graves, Gillian Graves, Emma Harley, Julian Licht, Sebastian Licht; seven great-grandchildren: Nicholas, Felicity, Alex, Arabella, Araya, Ava, and Andre; two step-great-grandchildren Logan and Jackson and one step-great-grandchild arriving in February. In addition to Josephine and Shirley he is preceded in death by his grandson Benjamin Hutchison as well as a stepdaughter Lauren Graves. He was the oldest living member of his immediate family whom are all now deceased: Frank (Margery), Grace (Virgil) DeVoe, Ralph (Ellen) Alton (Beatrice) Merle (Ella Mae) and Roger (Ruth) who were his lifelong best friends. Edsel never knew a stranger, he made friends everywhere he went and he was well known for his smile and his amazing ability to make people laugh by telling stories. Edsel was an accomplished guitar player and played in the style of Chet Atkins, performing in countless events in both Ohio and Florida. He was also an artist and filled notebooks full of 1000s of pencil drawings. As he was accustomed to being able to make crowds laugh with real life humor and jokes, he also drew those things into a book full of comics. For years in his retirement he volunteered for the Veterans organization in Lakeland, Fla., and he was always ready to lend a hand to a neighbor or friend. He also wrote an autobiography entitled "The Sunfish Salesman." A book full of stories about his beloved home place in Monroe County. In May 2023, he attended the Lewisville alumni banquet along with one other of the five surviving members of the class of 1944. He will be interred at Orrville Crown Hill Cemetery next to his first wife Josephine which overlooks the home he reared his family in. The family offers their deepest thanks and gratitude to caregivers Rose Nething, Joan Michener and Bertha Soho as well as to the workers from Stonerise Hospice who assisted the family in providing exceptional care for Dad this past 12 months. Friends were received from 2 p.m. until time of funeral service at 3 p.m. Sunday January 28, 2024, at Bauer-Turner Funeral Home, 100 S. Paul St., Woodsfield. Graveside Services were held at 12 p.m. Monday, January 29 in Orrville Crown Hill Cemetery Orrville, Ohio.