Jim Weber, a fixture at the Canton Repository for 42 years and a
1965-69 BJ reporter before I entered 44 E. Exchange Street and got the job, passed away on Tuesday, December 7.
Mark J. Price, who continues
to write those marvelous articles of days gone by in the BJ, notified
me:
“Hi, John ...
“Former Repository
city editor Jim Weber has died at age 87. He was with The Repository for 42
years before retiring. He was a Beacon Journal reporter from about 1965 to
1969, covering business and labor issues.”
I love that Jim
yanked the pigtails of a 2nd grade girl and wound up having four
children with her. Sometimes it pays to be mischievious.
There was a Roger
Weber at the BJ in 1981 but I don’t know if he was related to Jim.
Jim’s obituary:
James F. “Jim” Weber,
beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, coach and friend passed
away on December 7, 2021. He was 87.
A graduate of Canton
Central Catholic High School and the University of Notre Dame, he worked at The
Repository for 42 years. He served as a
news and sports reporter, copy editor, city editor and editor-at-large while
raising four kids with his wife Nancy, the same girl whose pigtails he pulled
in second grade.
He was a wonderful father
who set high expectations for his kids, and did everything he could to help
them reach them. Grandchildren brought a new opportunity for him to teach and
inspire. Jim’s prolific storytelling, love of puns, easy laugh and ability to
turn every situation into an opportunity to help will be missed.
He loved reading, sports,
taking care of his house and yard, and, most of all, keeping up with his kids
and grandkids. Jim and Nancy spent the last 26 years attending their grandkids’
sporting events, plays, concerts and birthday parties…and then telling everyone
they knew about the experiences.
Jim is survived by Nancy (nee Triner), his wife of 62 years;
daughter Julie McEwan (Tom); son Tim (Greta); daughter Amy Dice (Ken); son Kurt
(Stephanie); adored grandchildren: Anna, Catie, Erika, Kalyn, Kenny, Kyle,
Lyndsey, Nathan, Rachel and Ryan; four great-grandchildren; and his sister
Catherine (Geoffrey) Vaughan. He was preceded in death by his parents Catherine
and Gene Weber, and his brother Gene.
Friends may call Friday from 4-6 p.m. at the Lamiell Funeral
Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Saint Joan of
Arc Catholic Church with Father Brian Cline as celebrant. Burial will be in
Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages a contribution in
memory of Jim Weber to Central Catholic High School’s Tuition Assistance
Program. Please send your donation to Central Catholic High School, 4824
Tuscarawas St. W, Canton, OH 44708. Condolences may be made to: www.lamiellfuneralhome.com
(Lamiell 330-456-7375)
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