There are times in the life of a Rotary Club when something wonderful happens. This is one of those times. The Dean and Ann Weaver family foundation has given our club a gift of $17,862.48 this year. We have been told that it will be an annual gift, in an amount consistent with the estate wishes, each year for approximately ten years. Dean and Ann believed that our Rotary Club was a great force for good and thus included us in their estate as a beneficiary. Dean Weaver was a member of our club for about ten years from 1995-2005, and financially supported many of our club activities, attended meetings and social events, and often gave the inspirational message at our meetings. Year after year, Dean sponsored a hole at our annual golf tournaments as the Weaver Construction Company. Dean died, at 95, in January of 2019. Ann died, at 99, in 2022.
Dean and his wife Ann grew up on the west slope of Colorado near Delta. Dean and Ann were married in 1944, went to the University of Denver with Dean obtaining a degree in Civil Engineering and Ann a degree in Physics. They had four children, Katherine, Wes, Mary Jane, and Brenda. Dean began Weaver Construction, was its President and Owner, which was well known in Colorado with the construction of the 16th Street Mall Road surface, the lining of the Eisenhower Tunnels with tile, buildings in downtown Denver, and other commercial work. Ann was a Teacher’s Aide at Pine Lane Elementary school. They moved to Parker in about 1959 and bought a large tract of land along Cherry Creek where all the auto dealerships and apartment buildings are currently located. They built their family home on Cherry Creek where they has a barn and many ranch-farm creatures. They became members of the Parker United Methodist Church and other Parker-Denver organizations. Dean and Ann, and their family, have been part of Colorado for many generations.
If you sat and talked with the Weavers about their lives, you were always imbued with a sense of love, caring and respect. The Weavers led their lives reflecting the Four Way Test and Rotary’s Motto of Service Above Self.
A committee of veterans will be formed in the club to make recommendations for the use of this wonderful gift. Please let Michele Schultz know if you’d like to serve on this committee.
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