Helen Mable Weber

Helen Moore Weber, beloved wife of George T and mother of Diana, Penelope (Penny) and Gregory (Gregg), passed away at the age of 100 on November 28, 2022, at the Vitas Inpatient Facility. She was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 13, 1922, and married Lt George T Weber on November 21, 1943, in that city. As a military wife, she made a home for her family wherever George was stationed. She was an excellent seamstress and cook and was famous for her array of Christmas cookies, the recipes for which have been passed down to her daughters. She also found time to volunteer with the American Red Cross as a Grey Lady, played golf with and without George, and became a licensed Red Cross water safety instructor. With all of that she and George still found time to travel extensively on family trips throughout Europe, seeking out new places to see, with liberal side trips to beaches for the kids.

Widowed at a young age in San Antonio in 1964, she went on to complete her bachelors and master’s degrees in library science and worked for the Texas Department of Human Resources for several years before retiring in the 1980’s. In her later years, she took up travel again, with annual trips to London with her children and two trips to China with Penny. Up until she was sidelined by an arthritic knee at age 97, she drove to the gym three times a week to exercise and shopped for groceries every Sunday morning.

Helen is survived by her three children, Gregory Weber of Fort Worth, Diana Weber Greenberg and partner, Vernon Goodpaster, and Penelope Weber Robinson, all of San Antonio. She is also survived by her two grandchildren, Kimberly, and Phillip, four great-granddaughters, Cassidy, Keavy, Cloe and Kennedy, and nephew John Martin, of San Jose, California. She was predeceased by her parents, Agnes and Harry Moore, and her sister Dorothy Padula and brother-in-law Gerald G Padula. Until her final few days, she had made her home with her daughter Penny for the past 27 years.

The family is grateful to the team members at Vitas Hospice, who provided outstanding home health care and comfort to both Helen and her caregiver, Penny, in the last seventeen months. We would especially like to thank Herlinda, Jordan, Brandon and Cris, who not only assisted Helen with some of her physical and spiritual needs, but also arrived unfailingly cheerful and ready to chat with her about anything. Our mom often said that she wanted to live to be 100. However, when she was approaching her late 90’s, she said that she had changed her mind and decided she wanted to live to be 106. We all dearly wish she had been able to.

Per the family’s wishes, there will be no memorial service.