LEROY JEROME WEINGARDT, 81, of Barboursville, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, WV. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park, off E. Pea Ridge Road, at 4 p.m. following the service.
He was a loving husband and father and will be greatly missed. Leroy (Lee) was a very funny, outgoing and likable fellow. He loved telling stories and playing his piano. He was very musically inclined. He played numerous instruments, including the upright bass, the accordion and button box, bass guitar and many types of keyboards. He played in many bands through the years, including The Alpine Music Makers, The Draw Four Combo, The Sound Affair, Emmett Horst and His All Stars, The Jazzers and Jammers, as well as multiple performances at the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City, Oregon. His music interest passed down to his two sons and he continued to play piano up to two weeks before his departure.
He went to school at Colorado University and served in the Army National Guard in 1958-1959. He was born November 6, 1936, in Sterling, Colorado, and was the oldest son of the late Alex and Catherine Lambrecht Weingardt. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marcia Lynn Halverson Weingardt, and one sister, Donna May Weingardt Leichman. He is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Becky Weingardt of Fort Worth, TX, and Erik and Jennifer Weingardt of Huntington; their mother, Donna Kay Weingardt of Barboursville; and his one brother, Dennis Weingardt of Denver, Colo.
Visitation will be from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. Memorial service will start at 3 p.m., followed by cemetery interment at 4 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Pea Ridge United Methodist Church Music Program, 5747 E. Pea Ridge Road, Huntington, WV 25705. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at the following link: www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
Published in The Herald-Dispatch on Jan. 7, 2018
He was a loving husband and father and will be greatly missed. Leroy (Lee) was a very funny, outgoing and likable fellow. He loved telling stories and playing his piano. He was very musically inclined. He played numerous instruments, including the upright bass, the accordion and button box, bass guitar and many types of keyboards. He played in many bands through the years, including The Alpine Music Makers, The Draw Four Combo, The Sound Affair, Emmett Horst and His All Stars, The Jazzers and Jammers, as well as multiple performances at the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City, Oregon. His music interest passed down to his two sons and he continued to play piano up to two weeks before his departure.
He went to school at Colorado University and served in the Army National Guard in 1958-1959. He was born November 6, 1936, in Sterling, Colorado, and was the oldest son of the late Alex and Catherine Lambrecht Weingardt. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marcia Lynn Halverson Weingardt, and one sister, Donna May Weingardt Leichman. He is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Becky Weingardt of Fort Worth, TX, and Erik and Jennifer Weingardt of Huntington; their mother, Donna Kay Weingardt of Barboursville; and his one brother, Dennis Weingardt of Denver, Colo.
Visitation will be from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. Memorial service will start at 3 p.m., followed by cemetery interment at 4 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Pea Ridge United Methodist Church Music Program, 5747 E. Pea Ridge Road, Huntington, WV 25705. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at the following link: www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
Published in The Herald-Dispatch on Jan. 7, 2018
LEROY JEROME WEINGARDT, 81, of Barboursville, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, WV. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park, off E. Pea Ridge Road, at 4 p.m. following the service.
He was a loving husband and father and will be greatly missed. Leroy (Lee) was a very funny, outgoing and likable fellow. He loved telling stories and playing his piano. He was very musically inclined. He played numerous instruments, including the upright bass, the accordion and button box, bass guitar and many types of keyboards. He played in many bands through the years, including The Alpine Music Makers, The Draw Four Combo, The Sound Affair, Emmett Horst and His All Stars, The Jazzers and Jammers, as well as multiple performances at the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City, Oregon. His music interest passed down to his two sons and he continued to play piano up to two weeks before his departure.
He went to school at Colorado University and served in the Army National Guard in 1958-1959. He was born November 6, 1936, in Sterling, Colorado, and was the oldest son of the late Alex and Catherine Lambrecht Weingardt. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marcia Lynn Halverson Weingardt, and one sister, Donna May Weingardt Leichman. He is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Becky Weingardt of Fort Worth, TX, and Erik and Jennifer Weingardt of Huntington; their mother, Donna Kay Weingardt of Barboursville; and his one brother, Dennis Weingardt of Denver, Colo.
Visitation will be from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. Memorial service will start at 3 p.m., followed by cemetery interment at 4 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Pea Ridge United Methodist Church Music Program, 5747 E. Pea Ridge Road, Huntington, WV 25705. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at the following link: www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
Published in The Herald-Dispatch on Jan. 7, 2018
He was a loving husband and father and will be greatly missed. Leroy (Lee) was a very funny, outgoing and likable fellow. He loved telling stories and playing his piano. He was very musically inclined. He played numerous instruments, including the upright bass, the accordion and button box, bass guitar and many types of keyboards. He played in many bands through the years, including The Alpine Music Makers, The Draw Four Combo, The Sound Affair, Emmett Horst and His All Stars, The Jazzers and Jammers, as well as multiple performances at the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City, Oregon. His music interest passed down to his two sons and he continued to play piano up to two weeks before his departure.
He went to school at Colorado University and served in the Army National Guard in 1958-1959. He was born November 6, 1936, in Sterling, Colorado, and was the oldest son of the late Alex and Catherine Lambrecht Weingardt. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marcia Lynn Halverson Weingardt, and one sister, Donna May Weingardt Leichman. He is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Becky Weingardt of Fort Worth, TX, and Erik and Jennifer Weingardt of Huntington; their mother, Donna Kay Weingardt of Barboursville; and his one brother, Dennis Weingardt of Denver, Colo.
Visitation will be from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. Memorial service will start at 3 p.m., followed by cemetery interment at 4 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Pea Ridge United Methodist Church Music Program, 5747 E. Pea Ridge Road, Huntington, WV 25705. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at the following link: www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
Published in The Herald-Dispatch on Jan. 7, 2018
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