John was born on January 5, 1935 to
the late David Markel Weber and Grace
Herbison Weber in Renfrew, Pennsylvania,
a small town along the train line north
of Pittsburgh. He was the youngest of
three siblings. His sisters, Mary Weber
Kelly and Jean Weber, are both deceased.
He graduated from the University of
Pittsburgh in 1956 and married his
college sweetheart, Lillis Ann Jane
Gibson from Toronto, Canada on August 11
that same year. John's life centered on
work, church, and family. John spent his
career as an industrial engineer
building train systems. There was always
that “little boy” quality to his sheer
joy in watching trains run their track.
Even on his biggest projects, he never
lost that passion.
John’s career spanned a gamut of big
companies: Westinghouse, the Union
Railroad, P&LE, AIIE, and New Jersey
Transit. He built train systems for
Washington D.C., San Francisco, the
Tijuana Trolley, and the Jacksonville
Skytrain in Florida, where he resided
until his death.
He is survived by his wife along with
three children and four grandchildren.
Lillis resides at Harbor Chase in
Jacksonville. His children live here and
abroad. Debora Weber-Wulff is a
professor of Media and Computing at the
University of Applied Sciences, HTW
Berlin. She lives in Berlin, Germany
with her husband, Reinhold, and their
son, Rade. Keith Weber is a Choir
Director and organist in Houston, Texas,
and is also the Artistic Director of the
musical non-profit organization Grace
Note. John M. Weber Jr. is a Global
Client Partner for Cognizant Technology
Solutions, a global delivery company
whose clientele spans five continents.
He lives in Fairfield, Connecticut with
his wife, Eileen, and their three
children Kathleen, Suzanna, and Norah.
