Dr. David E. Weber

Weber, Dr. David E. 65, of St. Louis, MO, born Oct. 24, 1941, in Granite City, IL, died at 9:35 a.m., Saturday, March 31, 2007, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Mr. Weber was retired from the Public Health Service in 1995. With the rank of Commander, he served as a Research Biologist and Senior Scientist, in Gulf Breeze, FL, Program Coordinator for Ecological Effects with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., a Plant Pathologist with the Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis, OR. and Raleigh, NC. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University and from North Carolina State University with a PhD in Plant Pathology. David loved walking through the woods to view nature, particularly wild flowers. After moving back to St. Louis, he became a volunteer at the Missouri Botanical Garden serving in various departments. He was a member of Ascension Lutheran Church, Native Plant Society, Geological Club and the Commissioned Officer Association of the U.S. Public Health Service. He also wrote several articles on the effects of pollution to plants and the environment. He was preceded in death by his parents Edwin and Elenora (Raab) Weber, aunts, uncles and cousins. Surviving are his sister Diane (Roy) Koberna; nephews Scott (Laura) Koberna, Gregory Koberna and Brian Koberna; great nieces and nephew Natalie Koberna, Joseph Koberna and Meagan Koberna; also by several loving cousins and friends.Services: Memorials may be made to Ascension Lutheran Church, Lymphoma and Bone Marrow Transplant Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. In celebration of his life, friends may call from 4-8 p.m. on Mon. Apr. 2, 2007 at SUNSET HILL Funeral Home, Glen Carbon, IL. Funeral services will be held at Concordia Lutheran Church in Granite City, IL. at 10 a.m. Officiating Rev. Charles W. Spomer and Rev. Brian Feicco. Burial will be at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates, Glen Carbon, IL.