July 15, 2008  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Richard A. Weller, 87, of Railroad Street, died Tuesday morning, July 15, at his home, while under the care of his family and Lewis County Hospice. 

The funeral will be 1 p.m. Friday, July 18, at Lowville United Methodist Church with Rev. Marcia Wickert, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Martinsburg Cemetery. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., 5702 Waters Road, Lowville.  

Contributions may be made to Friends of Lewis County Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Lowville, NY 13367 or Lowville United Methodist Church, 7618 North State Street, Lowville, NY 13367.   

Born March 10, 1921, in the town of Lowville, a son of Hawley E. and Florence C. Atwell Weller, he attended rural school on the Number Three Road and Graduated from Lowville Academy in 1939. He worked on the family farm.  

He married Helen J. Foote on June 6, 1947, at Lowville Methodist Church. She died May 28, 2005. 

Together, the couple purchased the family farm and operated it until 1977, upon selling to their son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Kay. He then worked as a caretaker for Valley View Courts, Lowville and was a transportation supervisor for the ARC, retiring in the early 1980s. 

Mr. Weller was a member of Lowville United Methodist Church and was active with many church functions. He was also a member of the following organizations: Lowville Grange P of H #71, Lowville Producers Dairy Co-Op, Lowville Farmer’s Co-Op, Lewis County Holsteins Freisian Association, and Eastern AI Co-Operative. 

He enjoyed making wooden crafts and was an avid birdwatcher.

Surviving are two sons and their wives, Richard and Kay Weller, Lowville, Philip and Sharon Weller, Springfield, Minn.; a daughter and her husband, Marcia and Richard Ten Eyck, Brasher Falls; a brother-in-law, Gerald Lehman, New Bremen, 10 grandchildren, two great-grandsons; nieces, nephews and cousins  

A sister, Lois Lehman, died before him.   

Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc. of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.