Huey P. Weber

He was born on June 19, 1936, in Garyville, Louisiana and was the beloved son of his parents, Francis Weber and Edna Vicknair Weber. He was raised and educated in New Orleans, Louisiana attending and graduating from Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Elementary School and Holy Cross High School. He loved Holy Cross and served as its reunion Chairman (Class of 1954) for every reunion, twelve times, up to the 71st. He also attended Tulane and Louisiana State Universities. For the last 52 years he was a resident of Slidell, Louisiana and a parishioner of St. Luke the Evangelist Church.

He is survived by his wife, best friend and the love of his life, Sandra Valerie Estrade Weber whom he met while in their teens (they were married 68 years), as well as his three daughters, Wendy Valerie Weber Datri, and her husband, John Herbert Datri, Jr., Tracy Ellen Weber Duplechain and Sherry Valerie Weber, his five grandchildren, Matthew Weber Duplechain, Lesli Bryn Duplechain, Logan Paul Duplechain, Nicolas Joseph Castanedo and Christopher Giovanni Castanedo, and his two great grandchildren, Penelope Ann Duplechain and Colt Weber Duplechain. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Joyce Weber Finley and Frances Weber Bartholomew, along with their husbands, Foley Finley and Emmet Dedier Bartholomew and their children Robert Bartholomew, Wayne Bartholomew, Janelle Bartholomew, Emmet Bartholomew, Sandra Bartholomew and Bonnie Bartholomew, and survived by Sylvia Bartholomew and Lisa Bartholomew.

He was employed at Kaiser Aluminum in 1956, and he left to join Pan-American Life in 1958, where he retired from in 1997, after serving thirty-eight years. He retired as Second Vice President of Corporate Services. During those years he served in many appointed, elective and voluntary positions. He was the founder of the New Orleans Chapter of the In-Plant Printing Management Association and rose to the position of International President. He also became a certified member of that group. He also became a certified member of the New Orleans Purchasing Management Association. In 1978, he was recognized as Graphic Communicator of the year and in 1970 was named Industry Leader of the year by the National Graphic Magazine. He named his Company’s newly formed Social Club, PAL-AMIGOS (Pan-Am Life / Friends) and served as its third president and later was the first recipient of its Hall of Fame. For over forty years he was active in local sports, starting at age ten in the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD), mainly in baseball and softball where he excelled as a pitcher in local and state leagues and tournaments. He served twice as President of the Commercial Athletic Association (CAA) and became a member of that group’s Hall of Fame. He was a member of the Diamond Club, a manager of teams in the Slidell Boy’s Baseball Association (SBBA), and a member of both the St. Roch and Gentilly Knights of Columbus. He served as a Krewe member and lieutenant of the Krewe of Carrollton for eight years. He also spent eight years in the United States Coast Guard Reserves and was honorably discharged as Petty Officer First Class.

He spent his retirement gardening, cooking and passionately watching and pulling for his two favorite teams, the LSU Tigers and the New Orleans Saints. He was completely devoted to his best friend, Sammy, his beloved Pomeranian. Huey was also a real globetrotter in the fullest sense. Via business and vacation travel opportunities he visited many countries around the world and almost all of the states in this country. He enjoyed collecting baseball memorabilia and at one time amassed thousands of baseball cards of the more famous and Hall of Fame ball players, including autographed balls, bats and photographs. He commented often that he wished he would have been able to spend more time with old friends, but that most of them had passed on, however, he was grateful to still be around.

His final comment to his family members whom he loved very much and was most proud of comes from his favorite sonnet by Christiana Rossetti “better to forget and smile than to remember and be sad.”

A funeral will be held on November 7, 2025, at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, LA. Visitation will begin at Noon followed by a Mass at 1:00pm. Interment will follow immediately thereafter at All Saints Mausoleum.

Having lost his best friend of ten years, Sammy, his Pomeranian, whom he spent 24/7 with, his last request is that in lieu of flowers, a contribution be made to the Slidell Animal Shelter in Sammy’s name.