BIOGRAPHY provided by Ellen Sorenson
on January 8, 2014:
Gerhard was the first of 11 children born to Wilhelm Hubert and Katherine (Schmitt) Weibeler. He married Marie (Mary) Anna Simon on February 19, 1895. Together they had 6 children: Catherine Mary, Helen Margaret, Elizabeth Philomena, Joseph Nicholas, Marie Magdalene, and Agnes Antoinette.

OBITUARY provided by Ellen Sorenson
on January 8, 2014:
IN PRIME OF LIFE
PROMINENT CITIZEN TAKEN IN PERSON OF G. H. WEIBELER

Gerhard H. Weibeler passed away at 2 a. m. last Saturday, May 9, at St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, after an illness with heart trouble. For six months he had been ill, but few realized that his condition was serious. The news from the hospital that he was critically ill came as a surprise and shock to all, and his untimely death in the prime of life brings deep sorrow to many.
Jerry Weibeler, as he was familiarly known to his friends, was the eldest son of the late William H. Weibeler, Belle Plaine's prominent merchant of earlier years, and of his wife, nee Catherine Schmidt. He was born in Belle Plaine May 16, 1874, and Belle Plaine has remained his home all his life.
On February 19, 1895, took place his marriage to Mary A. Simon, who with four children survive him; namely, Mrs. Catherine Meger, Joseph, Marie and Agnes. Two children preceded their father to the grave, Mrs. Helen Ellis and Elizabeth. There are six grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Clara Heywood, Katherine, and Mrs. Angela Durrenberger; and five brothers, Frank, Peter, William, John and Dr. Christian Weibeler.
He was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul's Benevolent Society, 4th Degree Knights of Columbus and of the United Commercial Travelers.
The funeral was held on Tuesday morning and was a very large one. Requiem mass was offered at Sts. Peter and Paul's Church by Rev. Father Godfrey and interment was in the parish cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers were the 4th Degree K. of C., and the active pallbearer's were Edw. Huber, Ollie Dougal, Matt P. Hahn, Charles Hamilton, Charles Schultz and Jos. Passmann.
~ published in the Belle Plaine Herald on May 14, 1931