Youngs Cemetery

Obituary

Weaks, Myron Frank
Born: 7 Jul 1920	Died: 11 Jun 2007
Part: 3 Section: F Lot: 153 Grave: 4

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Remarks: Married 1 Mar 1943
Obituary: Myron F. “Mike” Weaks July 7, 1920 – June 11 2007 Myron Frank “Mike” Weaks, 86, formerly of Liberty Center, died Monday morning, June 11, 2007, at his home in Napoleon. He was born July 7, 1920, in Napoleon to the late Samuel Lee and Lelah Fay (Myers) Weaks. Mike lived in the area all of his life with the exception of spending winters in Florida for over 30 years. He was gifted and talented in his career as a welder, plumber and pipe fitter; and building model engines, restoring antique tractors, phonographs and music boxes. Mike was employed by the Ford Motor Co. and General Motors in Washington, D.C., Cyril Ernst Garage in Liberty Center, Dunbar Plumbing and Heating in Delta and L.R. Babcock Plumbing and Heating in Napoleon. He was a member of the Michigan Antique Phonograph Society, Maumee Valley Retired Iron Workers, National Thresherman’s Association, National Rifle Association, Local 50 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters, Hawthorne Shuffleboard Club (Florida) and Liberty Center United Methodist Church, Liberty Center. On March 1, 1943, he was united in marriage with Christine Arleen Clapp at the Lincoln Road Methodist Church, Washington, D.C., a union lasting over 64 years. He leaves to mourn besides his wife a daughter, Christine Ellen (Randall) Fisher of Napoleon; four grandchildren, Michelle (Scott) McGaughy of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Heather (Jason) Westrick of Defiance, Bethany Fisher of Napoleon and Kara Fisher of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; three great-grandchildren, Brennan and Reilly McGaughy and Madelyn Westrick; a brother, Maurice (Avis) Weaks of Liberty Center; and a sister, Norma (Fred) Kendall of Grand Rapids. A loving husband, father and grandfather, he also leaves to mourn many nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. Two brothers, Carl and Ivan Weaks, and a sister, Grace Wade, also preceded him in death. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 2-9 p.m. in the Wright Funeral Home, Liberty Center, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 15, 2007. Pastors Daniel Bare and Jim Condrey will preside. Burial will follow in Youngs Cemetery, Liberty Center. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Henry County, the American Cancer Society or Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church.