Dewane E. Weston

DeWane E. Weston, 73, formerly of Meadville, died after a long illness at the United Methodist Nursing Home and Hospital.  He and his wife have been residents at the home since October 1974.

Born in Franklin on March 28, 1903, he was a son of Cyrus and Naomi Thomas Weston.  He married Dorothy King on October 4, 1928.

Mr. Weston operated Weston's Wallpaper, Paint and Decorating Shop and later added an appliance department.  He retired in 1958.  Mr. Weston came to Meadville in 1934.  He was a graduate of Franklin High School and a 1926 graduate of Allegheny College where he was a member of the varsity football team.  He also was a graduate of Typhoon Engineering School of Commercial Air Conditioning at New York City.  He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity and Stone United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his widow and two brothers, Lowell A. of Chagrin Falls, OH and Jack E. of Washington, PA.

Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.

Interment was in Greendale Cemetery.