Mary Leah Weber, 71, of Peoria, passed away at 2:23 a.m. Monday (Feb. 11, 2019) at UnityPoint Health-Proctor Hospital, Peoria.
Mary was born on Nov. 29, 1947, in St. Louis, Mo., to the late John Hardin and Vesta Eileen White Greene, who were originally from Greene County and Jersey County respectively. She married Terry Murch on March 6, 1971, and then Lawrence Weber on Dec. 15, 1973; they both survive. Mary and Larry enjoyed over 45 years together. Many marriages have years, but their relationship also included a support and loyalty that most do not experience.
Also surviving are her children, Trent (Kelly) Murch, Lake Forest, and Aaron Penn-Stiebner, Bloomington; her grandchildren, Stella, Norah, Henry and Greenleigh, children of Trent and Kelly Murch; and her grandchildren, Jonna, child of John Penn and Aaron Penn-Stiebner, and Jaden, child of Dean Stiebner and Aaron Penn-Stiebner; and her sister, Joyce (Roger) Best, Peoria.
Mary graduated from Northern Illinois University with a nursing degree, and then went on to serve as a gifted social worker. Mary was always very intelligent and witty, quick to laugh, and adored charades (during which her performance was both endearing and entertaining).
Mary loved animals, especially her beloved dogs, Brette and then Beau, and most recently her cats. She always loved the color sea green (which your gifts from her would be, if at all possible), a good book to read, and her Halloween role of "Esmerelda" that she loved to play for her children.
Her tradition of putting a Christmas Book of Lifesavers in her children's Christmas stockings has been missed since the children grew up, although they didn't say (but now think they should have). She always did more with what she had than most do with more, and her family is and will always be proud of her.
She did not judge others, not even a little, it just did not even occur to her. She was a child of the generation that loved to be free and happy, the rest that the materialistic world would care about truly did not matter to her at all. She did desire love and acceptance though from those she cared about, in the way that we all do, and which she got, even though we do not think she understood how much. She tried harder on everything than most realized.
Her absence is a void that can't be filled.
We will always watch for the white butterflies, that when she saw, she would excitedly exclaim that they were a loved one, stopping by to visit. We yearn to see her happily fluttering by us soon. She was always loved more than she knew, and is missed, and will be missed every day.
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