DAVID WEAVER

RURAL LIBERAL- Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Liberal United Methodist Church for David Ward Weaver, 73, rural Liberal, who died Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. Burial will be in Worsley Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, at Daniel Funeral Home in Lamar.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Liberal High School D.O.G.S. Foundation, Worsley Cemetery or T & D Donkey Rescue, in care of the funeral home.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Edyth; two sons, Tom and fiance, Dana Coleman and Barry and wife Jody, all of Liberal; a granddaughter, Cortney Weaver, in college in Chicago, Ill.; a sister, Judy Weaver and a brother, Ed Weaver and wife Linda, all of Liberal and his extended Weaver and Darlington families.

Mr. Weaver was born June 18, 1944, in Liberal, to Ward and Delilah (Friend) Weaver. Growing up in the country, his love of the land and devotion to farming developed early and was evident throughout his life. He married Edyth Darlington on July 5, 1964, at Joplin and they made their home farming and rearing their two sons in Barton County. Passing his strong work ethic and moral compass to his boys, his legacy will continue through another generation of family farming. His Christian values were obvious in his active membership at Liberal United Methodist Church.