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Earl F. WeberEarl Frederick Weber passed away Sunday, June 2, 2002 at his home. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 5 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Rush Point with Rev. Keith Kolzow officiating. Special music was provided by Marian Eklund and Shirley Olson. Pallbearers were Bruce Burda, Clarence Burda Jr., Dennis Seline, James Lund, Walter Larson, and John Howard. Interment was in Calvary Lutheran Cemetery. He was born March 28, 1925 to Edward and Arabella (Hensen) Weber at Rush Point. After graduating from Rush Point School Dist. #24, he attended high school at Rush City. At an early age he was baptized at the Presbyterian Church of Rush City. Later he attended confirmation and became a member of Calvary Lutheran Church of Rush Point. Webers owned and operated Weberís Resort at Rush Lake for many years, also he hauled milk for Rush City Co-op Creamery for five years besides farming and trucking. He became a member of the Masonic Lodge of Rush City at the age of 21. He served at the National Guard at Pine City for four years. Being very interested in music, Earl played the diatonic accordion at age 5, later a piano accordion, a concertina and a drum set with his feet. It became a life time profession. He met Gloria Mae Stenseth at an early age at Weberís resort. She had learned to play an accordion also. They met at Luther League and decided to practice together. They practiced for three months and they played at the Chisago County fair and won first prize. The KSTP Sunset Valley Barn Dance contacted them to play with their band, they played with them for three years. On June 8, 1951 Earl and Gloria Mae were married and decided to have their own band Weberís orchestra as a couple other players joined them. They played together for nine years. In 1958 Weberís sold the resort and moved to Dale. Later years being they lived at Dale, they called themselves the Dale Doodlers playing banjo, accordions, and concertinas. They were well known playing for many jobs in Minnesota and Wisconsin for over fifty years; also they were international players playing with cousins in Norway. Both of them enjoyed many years of entertaining musically and had a happy marriage. Earl is survived by his loving wife Gloria Mae of Stanchfield, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter Melody Mae and his parents Arabella and Edward Weber. ©ECM Post Review |