Obituary of Wanda L. Weber

Wanda L. Weber, 86, of Iowa City, died Friday, February 10, 2012, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. Married 65 years, Fritz and Wanda died within a few days of each other from separate illnesses. Wanda Friday, Feb. 10 and Fritz, Feb. 15, 2012. Services will be held on at 4:30 p.m., March 3, 2012, at the Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Their family suggests that memorials be made to Iowa City Hospice, Mercy Hospice and/or Iowa City Animal and Care Adoption Center. Online condolences may be sent to the Weber family through the web @www.gayandciha.com. Fritz was born Aug. 9, 1924 in Quincy, IL. Wanda was born in Rochester, N.Y. Oct. 10, 1925. Fritz grew up on a farm in Ursa, Illinois; Wanda was a Chicago city girl. They met at the University of Illinois and enjoyed a long and happy life together focused on family, community, and career. Fritz and Wanda lived in several states as well as Scotland due to Fritz's successful career as a corporate leader for Uniroyal (now Michelin). At the age of 50, Fritz retired from that career and he and Wanda started Management Recruiters in Cedar Rapids, IA where Fritz was owner and president/general manager while Wanda managed the secretarial service end of the business. They enjoyed this career together for 25 years. Both were active volunteers in the community including Rotary, Lion's Club, Red Cross, school board (Fritz) and P.E.O., hospital volunteer, P.T.A. president (Wanda) Both were Sunday School teachers. Fritz was a WWII Navy veteran serving on a destroyer escort in the Pacific. He fought in the Battle of Okinawa. He participated in the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. in October 2011. Fritz provided his family and wife with adventure, security, and love. Fritz was a model of courage and integrity. Wanda provided Fritz, her children and her pets unconditional love and unfaltering support. To all those around her, Wanda provided an optimistic view of the world and the ability to find joy in all things. Wanda and Fritz were preceded in death by their daughter, Marcia (Tom) Jacobs, Wanda's sister and brother, Jean (Howard) Mohill and Howard (Joyce) Woody. Surviving are: Fritz's sisters, Mary (Don) Lee and Billie (Milo) Anderson, daughter Barbara (Bill) Kane, son, William (Ellen) Weber, grandchildren, Phillip (Jackie) and Jonathan (Melanie) Savidusky, Ellis (John) Whipple, Fritz and Hilary Jacobs, Allison (Matt) Weber-Marengo, and Andrew Weber, and four great-grandchildren, Jack and Tom Whipple, Oliver Savidusky and Wanda Marengo. Wanda and Fritz traveled the world together. When Fritz was asked if he wished he had pursued any other paths in his life, his answer was, "I wouldn't trade my wife or family for anything." Wanda and Fritz were always a team, through thick and thin, in life and in death.