June Weber

June (Musgrave) Weber, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.
She was born on Oct. 9, 1925, to Osa Pearl and Charles Wayne Musgrave in Fairfield, Ill. She was the youngest of 23 siblings, with eight brothers and sisters and 15 half-brothers and half-sisters, spanning over 40 years.
She grew up in Fairfield, graduating from Fairfield High School. Then she moved to St. Louis with her best friend and sister, Eva Ann. When World War II broke out, they headed north to work in a munitions factory in Detroit, Mich., and were real live Rosie the Riveters. After the war, she returned to St. Louis and worked.
She met her future husband, Richard August Weber, on a blind date, and they married on June 10, 1950, the day after he graduated from dental school in St. Louis. They took the train back to Glasgow, where they remained for 40 years. She shared her talents by singing with the choir at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church and was an anchor to the Glasgow Heathertones, a local singing group. The Sweet Adeline’s counted on her ability to harmonize to keep them on pitch.
After Dick died in 1992, she moved to Missoula, where she played bridge and sang at St. Anthony’s. She was proud to be a liberal Democrat and voted in every election.
Survivors include her children, Dick Weber and his wife, Anne, of Hamilton, Dan Weber and his wife, Betsy of Missoula, Ed Weber and his wife, Gail, of Billings, Terry Weber of Orlando, Susan Estep and her husband, Mark, of Missoula,David Weber and his wife, Sarah, of Frenchtown, Carol Weber of Billings, Phil Weber and his wife, Mary Ann, of Merritt Island, Fla., Trish Rose Weber and her husband, Mark, of Corvallis, Ore., and Marilyn Mangnall and her husband, Lloyd, of Denver; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Mass was held at 1 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 5, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with a reception following at the parish center.
Graveside services were held Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow Interment was in the Highland Cemetery.
Bell Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.