Beatrice "Bea" Germaine Weber

Beatrice Germaine Weber, 93 died on Tuesday morning, April 18, 2023, at Scandi Haven Village in Benson.  Visitation will be held from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 3:00 pm. Interment will follow the service at Church of the Visitation Catholic Cemetery in Danvers. Memorials can be sent to Centra Care Hospice, 301 Becker Ave SW, Willmar, MN 56201. Zniewski Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Beatrice Germaine Weber was born in 1929 to parents Rudy and Louise Fangsrud and was raised on a farm near Milnor, North Dakota, where she helped with the chores, farming, and raising chickens and turkeys. She was educated at the Milnor Public Schools. She graduated from the Practical Nursing Course at Fergus Falls, Minnesota at Wright Hospital and worked there at Veblen Hospital, South Dakota as a nurse.

On September 12, 1950, she married Peter Weber at Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church at Cayuga, North Dakota. Later they moved to Danvers, Minnesota where they lived and Peter managed the Farmer’s Co-op Elevator. After Peter died in 1997, Bea spent her time with family, church and her garden. She received the Bishop’s medal in 1997 from Bishop Lucker. She was a long-time communion distributor at the church and nursing homes. Bea enjoyed gardening, sewing rugs and quilts, and country and gospel music. She was also interested in adoption and foster care.

She is survived by her children; Jim Weber (Kathy) of MN, Paul Weber (Nadia Chigrin) of IL, John Weber, of ND, Maria Duane (Steve) of MN, Anna Winn of ND, Mary Weber of WY, Joseph Weber (Melissa Hollatz) of CA, Margaret Weber of MN, and Tina Taylor (Jay) of ND. She is also survived by sisters; Frances and Marvel, brothers; Armand and Henry, and 18 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. Preceding her in death are her parents, stepfather; Henry Brickzen, sisters; Jewel and Sandy, brothers; Leland, Jim, and Roger, husband; Peter, son; Thomas, grandson; Peter, brothers-in-law; Paul McConnell and Jerome Weber, and 13 other brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

The family would like to thank Centra Care Hospice for their loving care of our mother during her illness.