Gordon Weaver, 84

, of Kidron, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 2, 2026, after a brief stay at LifeCare Hospice in Wooster. He was born in Berlin, Ohio, on June 4, 1942, and moved with his family to a farm in Dalton, Ohio, when he was 5 years old. After graduating from Dalton High School, he completed two years of 1W service at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He married his high school sweetheart, Ann Keiner, on November 28, 1963. Gordon worked full-time at The J.M. Smucker Co. from 1963 to 1978, first in the factory, and then he helped develop their first computer operations while also farming. He, along with Ann, took over her family farm in Kidron, and he farmed full-time from 1978 until he was no longer able to drive the red International tractors he loved, which was just a month ago. Gordon was a volunteer firefighter for the Kidron Fire Department for 45 years and dug graves for the three Mennonite churches in Kidron for 48 years.

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