Richard M. Weber passed away on Monday August 2nd at 11 pm with his wife of nearly 22 years by his side. Richard was born in Tumwater, Washington on March 26,1935 to Joseph Weber and Ethel Cole Weber, who preceded him in death. He was the eldest of five siblings, three of which he leaves behind, Sandi Gray, Sharon Albrecht, Neil Weber and his wife Lynn.

Also he will be sadly missed by his wife donna Weber, and his daughters Siri Weber Feeney and Tammy Hammer, plus three grandsons Evan Feeney, Grant Hammer and Garet Hammer. He was predeceased by his son Erik Weber, his parents Joseph and Ethel Weber, and his brother Carl Weber, brother-in-laws Richard Albrecht, Ronald Grey, and sister-in-law Nancy Weber. Nancy’s sister Carol Weber, wife of Carl Weber is also left behind.

Web, as he was fondly nicknamed back in college was the Sport’s editor for his college newspaper. He went to Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA in 1954. Then later attended the University of Washington where he graduated with a double major in Math and Physics. He laughed when he remembered eating mustard sandwiches and washing dishes plus doing other odd jobs as he worked his way through college. He always remained a big Huskies fan, and he loved the Seattle Seahawks following their games enthusiastically.

Web was painfully shy as a child and young adult. So he didn’t really date much in High school. He graduated from Olympia High School in 1953. In August of 1958 he was drafted. During his time in the Army, he was sent to Babenhausen, West Germany. Then he sent for the love of his life Sonya, whom he had met in college. They married in Sweden, and he adopted her daughter Siri and later they had a son Erik.

Later, while working in Long Beach, California for McDonald Douglas, Web got his Master’s Degree in Physics at Fullerton State College.

After Web left McDonald Douglas he went to work for Pratt and Whitney in Connecticut, and became the Senior Engineer there. On the side he raised sheep, pigs and vegetables. He went on to become the president of the Farmer’s Association in the state of Connecticut.

Web was an aeroelasticity engineer and after retirement he continued to do contract work for several airlines. Boeing sent him to Spain for a month to check out and certify a new airplane they had built. Without Web’s certification they would not be able to fly the plane. They also sent him to South Korea to give his seal of approval to a new plane built by KAI.

A few years later he went to work for GECI, a French company that hired him to work for KAI in South Korea. It was his second trip to South Korea. While there he traveled to Xi’an, China with two other engineers to see the Terra Cotta Army Museum. He bought one of the sculptured soldiers and had it shipped back from China. A year later he met and married school teacher donna Monroe. His colleagues referred to them as “The Engineer and the School Teacher.” Web took his new bride to Chejudo for their Honeymoon. It’s an island off the coast of the Southern tip of Korea. He enjoyed telling people she was his Korean bride.

While there, Web joined a woodworking club in Korea which taught the ancient art of Jangseung by a famous man considered to be an expert and a national treasure in the country. The woodworking club presented Web with a traditional Korean outfit, and he traveled with the group to different cities. A mayor of one city presented him with the key to his city for being the first American to study this ancient Art. His teacher honored him by attending his wedding.

While in Korea Web traveled to Australia and later he took his wife to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Saigon, Vietnam.

Web was well respected and loved by all of the Korean engineers. Before leaving South Korea several of his colleagues honored him with a banquet and presented him with an engraved Silver plate. Six months after marrying, they returned to the US. And within a few months he was hired by Embriar, a Brazilian airline where they lived for 15 months. After Brazil they bought a travel trailer and moved to Savanah, GA to work for Gulfstream. Later they crossed the country again and moved to Everette, WA where he went to work for Boeing again. Boeing had bought McDonald Douglas out. There Web and donna took up square dancing, which he enjoyed.

After Everette they moved to Huntington Beach and then to Long Beach, CA where he worked for Boeing for 4 more years. They square danced all over California joining 3 different Square Dance Clubs. They even marched in a parade on Catalina Island and performed square dancing in front of the crowds. They won best costumes for a Pirate Dance where Web donned a long hair wig and big hat. He looked great! They also joined 3 writing clubs which they attended regularly and he wrote part time.

The last job Web took was for Boeing in Renton, WA. He was well into his seventies when he finally retired from engineering and took up writing full time. He wrote several short stories and a book called “The Yellow Slide Mysteries,” which was published and sold on Amazon.

A Military Funeral will be held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Pe Ell, WA date and time TBD.