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LTC Joe Frank Weber

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LTC Joe Frank Weber

Birth
New Mexico, USA
Death
21 Nov 2016 (aged 91)
Florida, USA
Burial
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.4249232, Longitude: -84.1882689
Plot
SECTION 1 SITE 118
Memorial ID
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WEBER, Joe Frank was born August 8, 1925 in Clovis, NM and died November 21, 2016. He was married to his loving and supportive wife, Barbara, for 67 years. He was predeceased by his parents, John S. and Iva Pat Weber, and is survived by wife, Barbara; four children, Kenneth Weber of Brandon, FL, Debra Weber of Taipei, Taiwan, Kathy Sciara and husband Jimmy of Tallahassee, FL, Cindy Weber and husband Robert Owens of Louisville, KY; three grandchildren, Levi and wife Jessica Sciara, Dylan Weber-Owens, Jesse Weber-Owens; one sister, Lynda Hutcheson and husband Jerry of California, and many cousins and friends.

Chaplain Weber served as a Veteran's Administration chaplain for 33 years, first at the Mountain Home V.A. Center, Johnson City, TN from 1967 to 1973 and then at the James A. Haley V.A. Hospital, Tampa, FL from 1974 to 2001.

When Chaplain Weber retired December 2001 as Chief of Chaplain Service, V.A. Hospital, Tampa, he received three national awards for outstanding service. The U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs presented him with the Secretary's Award for Excellency in Chaplaincy. He was also awarded the Legion of Honor Bronze Medallion by the Chapel of Four Chaplains, Philadelphia. The Best Practices Award from Chaplain's Service, Veteran's Administration Central Office, was awarded to Chaplain Weber and his Tampa V.A. chaplain colleagues.

Chaplain Weber was a Lt. Col., Retired, from the U.S. Army Reserve, having served as a Field Artillery Officer during World War II and as a Chaplain in Korea during the Korean Conflict. He was awarded the bronze star.

Chaplain Weber earned degrees from Hardin Simmons University (Bachelor of Arts), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity); and Luther Rice Seminary (Doctor of Ministry).

Chaplain Weber was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister in Coliseum Place Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA in December 1949. Prior to entering the V.A. Hospital chaplaincy full-time in 1967, he held two six-year pastorates in New Mexico and Florida respectively.

Chaplain Weber was a charter trustee of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO and was a charter member/founder of the Far Eastern Gospel Crusade, Asia.

Chaplain and Mrs. Weber moved to Westminster Oaks Community, Tallahassee, FL in February of 2008, where he ministered as a volunteer chaplain for more than four years. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held 10 am, Friday, November 25, at Beggs Funeral Homes, 3322 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, FL 32311 with burial 11 am at Tallahassee National Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 9 until 10 am prior to service in Chapel.

Beggs Funeral Home - Apalachee Chapel

Published in the Tampa Bay Times on Nov. 23, 2016
WEBER, Joe Frank was born August 8, 1925 in Clovis, NM and died November 21, 2016. He was married to his loving and supportive wife, Barbara, for 67 years. He was predeceased by his parents, John S. and Iva Pat Weber, and is survived by wife, Barbara; four children, Kenneth Weber of Brandon, FL, Debra Weber of Taipei, Taiwan, Kathy Sciara and husband Jimmy of Tallahassee, FL, Cindy Weber and husband Robert Owens of Louisville, KY; three grandchildren, Levi and wife Jessica Sciara, Dylan Weber-Owens, Jesse Weber-Owens; one sister, Lynda Hutcheson and husband Jerry of California, and many cousins and friends.

Chaplain Weber served as a Veteran's Administration chaplain for 33 years, first at the Mountain Home V.A. Center, Johnson City, TN from 1967 to 1973 and then at the James A. Haley V.A. Hospital, Tampa, FL from 1974 to 2001.

When Chaplain Weber retired December 2001 as Chief of Chaplain Service, V.A. Hospital, Tampa, he received three national awards for outstanding service. The U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs presented him with the Secretary's Award for Excellency in Chaplaincy. He was also awarded the Legion of Honor Bronze Medallion by the Chapel of Four Chaplains, Philadelphia. The Best Practices Award from Chaplain's Service, Veteran's Administration Central Office, was awarded to Chaplain Weber and his Tampa V.A. chaplain colleagues.

Chaplain Weber was a Lt. Col., Retired, from the U.S. Army Reserve, having served as a Field Artillery Officer during World War II and as a Chaplain in Korea during the Korean Conflict. He was awarded the bronze star.

Chaplain Weber earned degrees from Hardin Simmons University (Bachelor of Arts), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity); and Luther Rice Seminary (Doctor of Ministry).

Chaplain Weber was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister in Coliseum Place Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA in December 1949. Prior to entering the V.A. Hospital chaplaincy full-time in 1967, he held two six-year pastorates in New Mexico and Florida respectively.

Chaplain Weber was a charter trustee of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO and was a charter member/founder of the Far Eastern Gospel Crusade, Asia.

Chaplain and Mrs. Weber moved to Westminster Oaks Community, Tallahassee, FL in February of 2008, where he ministered as a volunteer chaplain for more than four years. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held 10 am, Friday, November 25, at Beggs Funeral Homes, 3322 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, FL 32311 with burial 11 am at Tallahassee National Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 9 until 10 am prior to service in Chapel.

Beggs Funeral Home - Apalachee Chapel

Published in the Tampa Bay Times on Nov. 23, 2016


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  • Created by: Iriss Hill
  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173086508/joe_frank-weber: accessed ), memorial page for LTC Joe Frank Weber (8 Aug 1925–21 Nov 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173086508, citing Tallahassee National Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Iriss Hill (contributor 46617720).