Piri K Weimer

2022, after a well-lived life filled with professional accomplishments and family love. Piri – named

after her father’s former Hungarian girlfriend – was born in Manitowac, Wisconsin on the cold winter

day of December 5, 1927. In her teenage years, she spent her summers in Sarasota, in her father’s home

on Clematis Street, at his workplace Kahlenberg Laboratories on School Avenue, and on the beach

at the Lido Casino.

After graduating from high school in Milwaukee in 1945, Piri enrolled at Florida State University and two years later transferred to the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida, which had just become fully coeducational after World War II. She was one of the first women to graduate with a UF pharmacy degree, in 1949, no doubt influenced by her father’s and grandfather’s careers in chemistry, and she

was a life-long fan of the Florida Gators.

It was at UF that Piri met her first husband, Richard (Dick) Henry, and the two were married on Christmas Day 1948. When Dick enrolled in medical school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Piri began her

career as a pharmacist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she worked for four years. Piri had her first child, Noel, during that time, and in 1954 the couple moved to Brooksville, Florida, where they had two more children, Aileen (Allie) and Michael (Mike). While raising her family in Brooksville, Piri served as president of Lykes Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, volunteered for many other civic groups, and developed her great sense for interior design, creating a beautiful home for her family.

In 1967, Piri set course on a new path in Fort Lauderdale, where she resurrected her professional career, rising to be Director of Pharmacy of Imperial Point Hospital from 1972 to 1983. After retirement from the hospital, Piri went on to be a registered pharmacist for a number of locations in Florida.

It was during this phase of her life that she met her second husband, Ralph (Bill) Weimer, and the two were married on Valentine’s Day 1988, shortly after a romantic cruise to the Caribbean. The couple eventually settled in Bradenton, and after a brief period in Sebring, were Bradenton/Sarasota

residents for the remainder of their lives. After Bill’s passing in 2001, Piri eventually moved to Freedom Village in Bradenton, where she enjoyed an active lifestyle until her recent passing.

Piri was predeceased by her husbands Dick and Bill, her sister Greta Lussier, and her son Mike. She is survived and fondly remembered by her daughters Noel Calahan (Jim) and Allie Hueter (Bob), her daughter-in-law Julie Henry and grandchildren Tasman and Kepler, her grandsons Skip Ragan (Nicki), Ryan Ragan, and Rob Hueter, and great-grandchildren Aidan, Izzy, Amaya, and Anthony Ragan. All loved their mom, grandma, and Gigi and drew from her love of family and her role model as an accomplished,

classy, modern woman. We know she is now reunited with her son Mike, who she loved and missed dearly, and she is happy once again.

Arrangements are being handled by Robert Toale and Sons. A private celebration of life is planned for family members. In lieu of flowers please consider donating to Tidewell Hospice

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.ManasotaMemorial.com for the Weimer family.