Mary Eby Weaver

Mary Eby Weaver, 91, died on August 22, 2020, at Greencroft Retirement Community in Goshen. She was an artistic person who loved creating art and who filled her home with beauty, especially beautiful ceramic pieces and flowers. She grew up in Pennsylvania during the Great Depression, in a big Mennonite farm family. She knew what it was like to work hard, go without, and depend on family.

As an adult, she worked full time and raised four children in Goshen, IN. She was a hard worker who also loved to sit and talk with her children and grandchildren, read, or watch a sunset with her husband Hank, the love of her life. She was active with gardening, bike riding, cross-country skiing and hiking. She loved being outdoors, especially in the mountains. With her patient, loving manner, she cared for her family, her patients, plants and pets.

Mary was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 1929 to Henry and Anna Eby, the fifth of 10 children. She graduated from Goshen College in 1952, after completing her degree in Medical Technology with transfer credit through George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. She began her career at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Over a span of 30 years, she worked for a doctor in Elkhart,  Goshen Hospital in Goshen and the Santa Barbara County Clinic in Santa Barbara, California.

Mary married Henry (Hank) David Weaver Jr. on June 7, 1952. They raised their family in Goshen. Other places they lived included Harrisonburg, Virginia, Elkhart, Boulder, Colorado, Santa Barbara California, Phoenix, Arizona, and Cary, North Carolina. Mary and Hank traveled all over the world, living at different times in Lima, Peru; Kathmandu, Nepal; Warsaw, Poland; Agua Amarga, Spain; and Blagorvgrad, Bulgaria.  After retirement, Mary spent her final years in Goshen, Indiana.

Mary was a longtime member of College Mennonite Church. During her time in Santa Barbara, California, she was a member of Goleta Presbyterian Church, where she was an ordained Deacon and active in the choir. In North Carolina, she attended the Kirk of Kildare, in Cary, North Carolina.

Mary is survived by her husband Henry; four children, Sally (John) Weaver Glick and Judy (Richard Aguirre) Weaver, both of Goshen, Debora Weaver of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina and Donald (Rosanna) Weaver of Hyattsville, Maryland; and nine grandchildren.

She also is survived by siblings Ethel (Ed) Miller, Roy (Margaret - deceased) Eby, Aaron (Bertie - deceased) Eby, Henry (Virginia) Eby, Ann (John - deceased) Hennely, Ruth (Marvin) Penner and Ivan (Charlotte) Eby. She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother Martin Eby, sister-in-law Lydia Pearl Eby, and by her brother Warren Eby.

"Due to restrictions imposed by the pandemic, a memorial service was held by live-stream from the College Mennonite Church on Friday, September 4, 2020, followed by a reception via Zoom."

Memorial donations may be sent to Goshen College.