Evelyn Weber

Evelyn “Evie” Weber passed away on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the age of 82.

She was born on May 16, 1930, to Anna (Franson) and Robert White of Ritzville. She grew up 12 miles north of Ritzville, along Crab Creek at Rocky Ford.

A hard-working farm girl, she attended the country school, with her siblings, one half mile from her home until entering Ritzville High School and graduating in 1948. As a teenager, she learned to fly her father’s Cessna and was just shy of obtaining her pilot’s license.

It was in high school that she met her high school sweetheart, Robert “Bob” Weber. They were married Se...