March 16, 1933 - May 6, 2023
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth ….. Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
The funeral service for Jacob (Jake) Myer Weaver, retired Master Sergeant USAF and 90-year-old Stillwater resident will be at 2:00 PM Friday, May 12, 2023, at First Baptist Church Enid with Jonathan Gilliland officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson-Burris Funeral Home, Enid.
Jake was born March 16, 1933, in Murrell, Pennsylvania to Chester R. and Katie (Hackman) Weaver and passed from this earth on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
He graduated from Ephrata (PA) High School in 1951 and enlisted in the USAF upon graduation. He proudly served his country for the next 25 years as a Flight Simulator Instructor. Upon retirement, he took 2 weeks off before returning as a civilian Flight Simulator Instructor for the next 20 years. Upon his 2nd retirement, he served as volunteer chaplain at Integris Baptist Hospital for 10 years.
On February 24, 1957, he married Mary C. Baldwin of Waynesville, North Carolina. They celebrated 66 years of marriage this past February. Air Force assignments took them to New York, Mississippi, Illinois, England, Alabama, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas. They retired in Enid before relocating to Stillwater’s Golden Oaks Assisted Living in 2019.
Jake was a member and Deacon at First Baptist Church Enid for many years – teaching 5th-grade boys Sunday School classes, serving as Sunday School Director and Adult VII SS Department Director. He was a member of the sanctuary choir as well as the Singing Saints choir. He drove the Senior Adults on bus trips all over the country and made countless bus trips to Falls Creek.
Jake’s legacy of Christian service and his love of the Lord has now been entrusted to those who survive him - wife, Mary of the home, daughter Paula K. Jackson (Brad) of Stillwater, OK and son Britt A. Weaver (Betsey) of Edmond, OK. Grandchildren Peter Jackson (Nicole) of Celina, TX, Savannah Jackson of Oklahoma City, OK, Emma Horinek of Ark City, KS and Lara Horinek, Jake Weaver & Finn Weaver of Edmond, OK. Great-grandchildren Otto and Nellie Jackson of Celina, TX and numerous nieces & nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, his brothers Sam Weaver & Luke Weaver and his sisters Polly Spangler & Nancy Bingeman.
Memorials can be made to the First Baptist Church Enid Transportation fund or First Baptist Church Enid Falls Creek cabin fund.
Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery (Enid) with military honors by the Silver Talons from Vance AFB.
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