Stanley Theodore Weiner

Stanley Theodore Weiner died on November 26, 2017 in Costa Rica living life to the fullest and doing what he loves the most, fishing in the Pacific Ocean. He had an incredible capacity to adapt to life's vicissitudes with fierce passion and grace. He taught by example that the greatest secret to life was found within relationships with others. Stan was born in Midland, Texas on September 28, 1953 to Stanley Weiner and Mary Don Mask Weiner. He was one of the many neighborhood children and the third of five children, Suzanne Weiner Armistead (David Armistead), Diane Weiner Dillard (Robert W. Dillard), Samuel Frederick Weiner, and Patricia Ann Weiner. The house he grew up in on the corner of Broadway and Storey in Midland, Texas was a loving home. This house evolved into a place where the family's friends and loved ones routinely gathered to have parties and spend time together - they created an energy that made people want to be there. The neighborhood where this house is located was situated amongst a network of family and friends where people left their doors unlocked, the kids went to the soda shop after school, and neighbors raised their children together. He lived life to the fullest and enjoyed the fun things in life. This manifested in his love for meeting new friends, eating different foods, enjoying good drinks, making adventures, traveling to new places, and fishing in the Gulf of Mexico all the way to the Pacific Ocean. His mischievous, intelligent, opinionated, and humorous nature made every person he met a friend and he was said to have never met a stranger. He was not bogged down by convention and he rose above social expectation as an example to all about what freedom means and how freedom looks. Even though he suffered enormous losses throughout his life with the death of both his brother and his father at a young age, he approached life and others with enthusiasm and joy. His resilience and ability to handle equanimity with love and vitality eluded many. He dedicated his life to his children and his world revolved around his love for them. His passion in being a father transcended categorical boundaries into friendship, mentorship, and leadership of adventure, freedom and enjoyment of life's best. He also dedicated himself to humor and the art of deals. He had an enigmatic energy that he put in to all endeavors and a propensity toward the positive, which attracted people to him. His gregarious and charismatic presence put others at ease. His friendly and expressive eyes made it easy to connect. Failure did not prevent him from putting his all in to creating - his failures were fodder for inspiration and growth. Everyone was his family and because of that it will be difficult to name those who survive him: his children (Stanley Weiner, and Samantha Weiner and Zubair Khan); his grandchild (Elam Stanley Khan); his siblings (Suzanne Weiner Armistead and David Armistead, Diane Weiner Dillard and Robert W. Dillard, and Patricia Ann Weiner); his nieces and nephews (Robert W. Dillard III and Krista Dabney Dillard, James and Suzanne Dillard Winfield, Samuel and Lindsay Dillard, Donald and Meagan Dillard); and lastly, multitudes of extremely close friends whom he made into his family. Stan is joining his loved ones who died before him: his father (Stanley Weiner), his brother (Samuel Frederick Weiner), his nephew (Justin Davis Armistead), and his mother (Mary Don Mask Weiner.) He died surrounded by beauty and full excitement. That's because there was light and love in the places he was. That was the way he saw the world and that was the world he created. At times, he exploded with passion, sometimes with humor, sometimes with anger, and sometimes with love. His mercurial nature made your time with him interesting and insightful. He had a profound connection to the things that make us human and helped others by showing that humanity. For him, it was OK to be human and to not comport oneself to the detriment of losing one's self. A memorial service to honor Stan's life will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at The First Presbyterian Church in Midland, Texas at 1:00 p.m. A reception will follow at the Midland Country Club at 2:30 p.m. The church's address is 800 West Texas Avenue, Midland, Texas 79701.