Frederick Wayne Weber, 84, of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2026, to be with his Lord. He was born September 3, 1941 in Scotch Plains, N.J., a son of the late Frederick C. Weber and Rosella M. Weber.
Wayne was a 1959 graduate of Scotch Plains High School, where he drove to and from school in a 1932 Ford Roadster (with a rumble seat) he and his father restored together.
Wayne then went on to Albright College in Reading, Pa., where he graduated in 1963 with a Bachelors of Business degree. Pursuit of a Masters degree led him to Morgantown, where he earned a Masters degree in Agriculture Economics from West Virginia University.
Wayne worked for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture while pursuing a Doctorate degree. He stayed with the Dept. of Agriculture until he was asked to transfer to the Washington DC office. By that time his love of West Virginia and its people helped him to decide to forgo his career with the Dept. of Agriculture and stay in Morgantown, where he began a lifelong career as an independent entrepreneur in various businesses including rental properties, manufactured homes sales, marketing services for Triad Engineering, coal broker and stocks and commodities trading.
Wayne also served honorably as a member of the Monongalia County Building Commission for nearly two decades.
In his younger days Web, as he was affectionately called by friends, loved driving his Corvette, running, skating, skiing, pheasant and ruffed grouse hunting, gardening and his dog, CD.
But his two main passions in life were Indy Car racing and Mountaineer Football. Wayne could be heard on Tony Caridis WAJR sports-talk show on those Friday evenings before the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 races lending his entertaining and informative expert analysis to those upcoming national races. He attended numerous Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 races. He was a true racing aficionado, who also spent many summer evenings attending tri-state dirt track races.
For the past 50 years Wayne rarely missed a Mountaineer home football game and his love for the Mountaineers was such that during the Don Nehlen coaching era Wayne attended many of the Mountaineers afternoon practices.
In October of 2000, Wayne was involved in a hunting accident while he and friends were on a pheasant hunt in Winner, S.D. that left the left side of his body permanently paralyzed. From that day on Wayne became an inspiration to many of us in many ways. He NEVER complained about his handicap. He constantly made people laugh with his sense of humor and many jokes. And he taught us the ‘CAN DO’, ‘GET ON WITH IT’ attitude in spite of misfortune.
Wayne was a lifelong conservative and Republican who strongly believed in personal responsibility, freedom and self-reliance. His love for, and loyalty to the American way of life was an inspiration to all of us.
Wayne will have come full circle when he is laid to rest beside his grandparents, mother and father, and brother in Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J., considered to be one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the East.
Plans are being made for a memorial service in Wayne’s honor at a later date this spring.
Condolences are be sent to the family at www.McCulla.com
