- Wisconsin Certificate of Death: 19188040 Issued July 09, 2019
Recipient's Name: Eloise Rae Weber
Social Security Number: 392-40-3640
Date Pronounced Dead: July 04, 2019
Time Prounced Dead: 22:50 (NOTE: Actual time about 9:04 PM.)
Age: 78 years
Date of Birth: June 29, 1941
Sex: Female
Place of Death: Platteville, Grant County
Residence Address: 45 Knollwood Way, Platteville, Grant, WI
Marital Status: Married
Surviving Spouse's Birth Name: Richard Weber
State of Birth: Wisconsin
Father's Birth Name: Ogden T. Ford
Mother's Birth Name: Eunice P. Hanson
Informant's Name: Richard Weber, 45 Knollwood Way, Platteville, WI 53818
Name and Address of Funeral Facility: Melby Funeral Home, P. O., Box 245, Platteville, WI
Type of Medical Certifier: Physician
Medical Certifier's Name and Title: Jeffrey White, DO
Date of Death: July 04, 2019
Time of Death: 22:50
Medical Certifier's Mailing Address: 1240 Big Jack Road, Platteville, WI 53818
Usual Occupation: Homemaker
Kind of Business: Own Home
Ever in Armed Forces: NO
Manner of Death: Natural
Method of Disposition: Cremation
Place and Location of Disposition: Cremation Services of Southwest Wisconsin, Platteville, WI
Conditions that Caused Death: Hypercarbic Respiratory Failure
Due To: Torticollis
NOTE: Hypercapnia, also known as hypercarbia and CO2 retention, is a condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the blood.
NOTE: Torticollis (wry neck, or loxia) is one of a broader category of disorders that exhibit flexion, extension, or twisting of muscles of the neck beyond their normal position. The Latin definition of torticollis means "twisted neck." In torticollis, the neck tends to twist to one side, causing head tilt.
NOTE: Passed away at home.
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- A Husband Reflects
I met Ellie when she was 16 and I was 24. She was clerking at the local dry cleaning shop in our home town. I was working for the Wisconsin Highway Department between my Sophomore and Junior years of Engineering college study. As part of a survey crew my seat covers had received road tar stains and I wondered if they could be dry cleaned. Ellie didn't know and said to come back tomorrow. I did, received a "no, we do not clean seat covers" but a yes on a suggestion we go on a date. I learned later that Ellie went home and told her Dad that she had just done the dumbest thing and had agreed to a date. Her Dad asked who and when she told him he reportedly said, "Hang on to that guy." It seems her Dad and my Dad had business dealings and greatly respected each other. The rest is history and I will always be thankful for Dad Ogden's assistance.
A few weeks later I took Ellie to meet my parents and all went well. A bit later I asked Mom about her opinion of Ellie and prefaced it with a comment something to the effect that she is the most lady- like girl I've ever met. Mom would not have but I don't think would have dared to be anything but positive about Ellie. They went on to have one of the finest daughter-in-law, mother-in-law relationships I've ever known. What a blessing for any husband.
A couple years later on the day after Christmas, Ellie and I joined hands at the alter in a setting orchestrated by Ellie that was totally beautiful. IBM had allowed me a three day weekend so Ellie and I headed off for a short trip to Minneapolis arriving there well after midnight. The valet to park our car had long since gone home so I had to leave Ellie in the lobby of the Curtis hotel while I parked the car across the street. I returned to the hotel only to find some guy trying to pick up my wife. Who could blame him? She was gorgeous in her white coat, muff and accessories.
I had preordered a dozen red roses to be placed in our room. They had been delivered a day early to a room where the thermostat was left turned to about 90 degrees; really hot. The roses had not been properly watered and were feeling the effects of the heat. I have long since reflected that this was our first lesson that life ahead would be full of beauty with scattered periods of sadness. Ellie never complained.
We returned to Milwaukee to an apartment that I had rented. In my true absent minded profession I had put frozen orange juice in a cupboard rather than the freezer. It had exploded. When Ellie opened the cupboard, she had an immediate lesson on the challenges she would have in the future with me.
The years that followed presented much happiness and some emotional challenges. Kristen joined the family and was an immediate joy. Some months later we were informed that she required heart surgery to close a valve that should have closed at birth. All went well and the problem was resolved but it was Ellie who always knew just what we should do and what decisions we should make. That strength never wavered and was taxed even more four years later after we had moved to Endwell, New York and then again to Yorktown Heights, New York. Another wonderful daughter, Kara, joined us. Ellie wanted Kara checked immediately for heart issues because of our experience with Kristen, and we joyfully received the news that there were no problems. That all ended a few weeks later when medical examination showed that Kara did had heart issues that were much more serious than those that Kristen had experienced. When Kara was 21 months old we were informed that another bout of congestive heart failure might take her from us. The decision to schedule open heart surgery was tortuous but simple to make. Surgery was scheduled and after a five hour surgery and many more hours in the intensive care room we were allowed to see Kara. Ellie was a rock and I ended up fainting and on the floor with nurses hovering over me and Ellie had another reason to worry. Against overwhelming odds, Kara survived, went home a couple weeks later, felt so good she went up to the first stair landing and jumped off. Ellie was traumatized but to Kara she saw it as no big deal. She was a fighter. Healing continued and with a body now more adequately nourished saw her feet grow several shoe sizes in six months.
Ellie was a dedicated and wonderful Mon who never gave less than her maximum attention to Kristen and Kara. Ellie started her own career a few years later but when it was obvious that it was not the best thing for her family she reverted to full time wife, mom, and homemaker.
Ellie was a marvelous musician; I am not. She brought me so much enjoyment with the music she produced through the piano talents and through the numerous Women's Chorus and Youth Choirs she directed. I remember so many times being left with a feeling of awe with her talents and a bit emotional at the end of her productions.
Ellie always wanted to make the world perfect, a challenge to her when the world was not perfect. It was made more perfect when Kara presented us with a grandson. No grandmother was ever more dedicated to the happiness and well being of a grandchild. The perfect world was shattered in 2012 when Kara was diagnosed with cancer that soon left Ellie without her beloved daughter. The perfect world was shattered even further when it became impossible for her to be a part of her beloved grandson's life.
Kristen added Ebbie to our lives. A few years later at a time when Ellie was fighting many health issues and with great emotional distress over the loss of Kara, they became a major source of Ellie's happiness. She enjoyed our visits to their home, the many productions that Kristen directed, and the host of their friends that also became our friends. Ebbie quickly became another daughter and Kristen took on the burden of emotionally supporting her aging parents. Ellie had knee replacement surgery which was followed by many other medical problems which led to a severe distortion of her neck and very limited mobility. Kristen and Ebbie worked hard to provide happy moment's for Ellie and visited often but health issues made happiness harder to find. She continued to love her home and wanted to make it perfect. Fading energy over her last five years of her life made that wish impossible. Ellie never lost her desire to have family near with friends often with her. She spent her last hours in the home she created and loved with Kristen, Ebbie and I near by.
Ellie never quite understood how strong she was and what effect she had on my life. She probably never realized how much she will continue to positively effect my life. I was right in my original assessment that I've never met more of a lady. She will be missed greatly but I know that she made the world a better place.
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From Kristen L. Weber
Obituary
On July 4, 2019 the world began to miss the sound of an infectious laugh on the wind, the comfort of meals shared, and the kindness of a thoughtful gesture when Ellie (Eloise R.) Weber passed away at home in Platteville surrounded by her family.
Ellie had many gifts that she gave generously to her family, friends, neighbors, and organizations she served. Ellie was an accomplished pianist--beginning at age 3 she played tunes from the radio by ear and continued on until her health no longer allowed her to play. As an adult she would accompany soloists, play for church services, and learn to play difficult, uncomfortable rhythms for her daughter's theatrical adventures. A gifted musician, Ellie led many choirs over the years. She was particularly fond of working with young people and helping them to find their voice.
A consummate hostess, she was equally at home hosting a group of international business men as she was with a group of children for a birthday party. Ellie enjoyed opening her home to family, friends and new neighbors alike.
Ellie possessed a fierceness of spirit that helped her through many difficult times including heart surgery for both her daughters, advocacy for aging parents and the loss of her youngest daughter Kara, to cancer, at an age far too young.
Born on a farm in Crawford County Wisconsin on June 29, 1941 to a farmer father (Ogden Ford) and teacher mother (Pauline Hanson) she spent most of her school years in Viroqua where she met her future husband Richard E. Weber one summer when he brought his tar covered car seat covers into the dry cleaners where she was working--the rest as they say is history. Ellie & Dick would have been married 59 years this December.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter Kristen and her wife Ebbie Duggins of Milwaukee; grandson Cody Herrod of Nashville, TN; sister Colleen DeWitt and her husband Bob of Columbus, OH; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at Melby Funeral Home 1245 N Water St, Platteville. Please join the family beginning at 12 Noon for an hour of sharing and fellowship. The service will be at 1 pm with a reception of light refreshments to follow. The family asks for no flowers due to severe allergies.
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