Dr. George Weber

Dr. George Weber, 91, of Glenwood, IA, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2025 at the Tabor Manor. Funeral services with military honors will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 27, 2025 at the Grace United Methodist Church with Pastor Kimberly Bowles officiating. Visitation for the family to greet friends will be held prior to the funeral beginning at 9:30 a.m.at the church. Burial will be in the Tekamah Cemetery in Tekamah, NE.

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(Obituary by Dr. George Weber)
George Calvin Weber was born on December 23, 1933 in Herman, Nebraska. He passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2025 a little after 1:00 a.m.
George and his parents moved to Osceola in 1940 on a 200 acre farm. At a young age he took care of the carpentry on the out buildings at the farm. He was ambidextrous and could use his left or right hand to do repairs on the buildings. His dad refused to let him play football but lettered three years in baseball at Osceola High School. He was also the captain of the team his Senior Year. After graduation he was going to be drafted and since no one in the Weber family had been drafted, he volunteered. George served three years in the Army during the Korean War and five years in the Air Force Reserves.
He met his wife Velma, from Oakland, Iowa, and they were married at Fort Sam Houston, Texas in 1954 and were happily married for 60 years. Velma passed away in 2013.
George was discharged from the army day one and started school the next so was unable to attend the University of Nebraska in Omaha but instead attended LaSalle University in Philadelphia, attended college for one semester and took day and night courses of 22 hours. He received all A’s and B’s except in history. This was consequently transferred to the University of Nebraska and all credits were accepted.
He and his wife moved back to Omaha in June of 1957. George then attended the University of Nebraska – Omaha for three years and applied for dental school during his Jr. year and was accepted with only three years of undergraduate work. He moved to Lincoln in 1960 and then attended the University of Nebraska – Lincoln College of Dentistry. George could have graduated early his Sr. year because his dental requirements were all completed. He had permission to continue school but was like a private practice. His Sr. year he decided to apply for the dental board in the state of Iowa. At that time a person by the name of Howard Mintle contacted him and asked him to come to Glenwood, Iowa to set up practice. He accepted the invitation and came to Glenwood June 15, 1964. There was a dental office in the north-west side of the square that he could utilize because the dentist was incapacitated. He was cleaning up the office when Dr. Fryzek referred a patient to him and at that time did not have a license from the dental board to practice. He then called a local attorney by the name of Ed Cook who said he would back him if he had any problems. George then met with the patient and extracted the tooth and charged him $6. The next day he saw him, and the patient didn’t even recognize him. He realized this patient had been completely drunk and he never saw him again. In 1970 Dr. George Weber started removing teeth for people that could not afford endo and successfully performed a reverse endo and replanted it. Later on, he had the honor of publicizing this procedure. He went on to do post graduate work and IV sedation successfully his entire career of dentistry. He was on the hospital staff throughout SW Iowa as a courtesy dentist until the Insurance Company agreed to pay for dental work in his office. His first patient in the Hamburg hospital was a renowned businessman and had his third molar extracted. Dr. Weber at numerous times did house calls and had a portable motor that he would take with him to help a patient. He was a consultant to most of the nursing homes in southwest Iowa for years but gave that up as he became older. The University of Iowa had a mobile dental office that was stationed in Glenwood. Dr. Weber was an adjunct instructor for three months checking patients while doing restorative work. Dr. Weber and his 3 sons with the month of August would load up some dirt bikes and tour various parts of the United States. When the month of January came along, they would snowmobile across the northern parts of the United States for one week.
Dr. Weber was asked by various dental meetings to put on table clinics at numerous conventions throughout the Midwest on IV Sedation. To be qualified to do IV sedation he attended a course which lasted 2 weeks in one of the biggest hospitals in New Jersey doing IV’s every day. He received recognition and credits for these clinics. Dr. Weber did this since the beginning of his practice.
George Weber was a long time member of the Grace United Methodist Church of Glenwood, Iowa, a life member of the American Legion and served as commander and attended meetings regularly. He was also a Rotarian when he started his practice but went inactive in 1970 when he decided to build his home on a farm north of town along with a dental office. George was re-activated as a member in the Rotary. He was a life member of the American Dental Association.
George was a son of Pete and Florence Weber family which included two brothers, Jim who was an attorney, Joe who was an MD and his sister, Virginia who was a CPA. When George graduated from college his family was recognized as having three family members that graduated from the University representing three different degrees.
George is survived by his 3 sons, Calvin Weber and wife Laura of North Carolina, son David Weber and wife Louise of Glenwood, Iowa, and son Raymond Weber of Glenwood, Iowa.
George has 2 grandkids, Lance Weber and wife Maddie, and Faith Weber; and two great grandkids Landon and Lyra Weber.
George was very proud that all three of his sons and his grandson were Eagle Scouts. He was also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and many dental friends.