Obituary: Edna S. Weber, 88, Of Ridgefield

Information Courtesy Jowdy-Kane Funeral Home

RIDGEFIELD, CT — Edna S. Weber, 88, of Ridgefield, died peacefully in her home on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. She was the loving wife of Mr. William “Bill” Weber.

Mrs. Weber was born in Buffalo, NY on July 30, 1933, a daughter of the late Ernest and Edna (Hunt) Schild. She attended Buffalo State Teacher’s College and spent several years teaching in upstate New York before meeting Bill on a ski trip to Lake Placid. The two were married in 1959 and lived briefly in Florida and Massachusetts in the 1960s, settling finally in Ridgefield in 1970 with their children. Edna was a loving mother who believed in spending lots of time outside and often joined in on games with her hardy laugh. She worked as a mail carrier for a number of years to fund her children's education and an interest in real estate.

Community involvement and connection with others were very important in her life. As a postal worker, she created close relationships with the people on her route, some of which she maintained long into retirement. She attended church daily and volunteered at Saint Mary’s Church in Ridgefield. As her kids grew older she began volunteering at Keeler Tavern and The Ridgefield Thrift Shop, as well as providing rides to mass for members of the community without transportation of their own. She was also an active member of the Danbury Ski Club, participating in countless skiing adventures with the club and her family, and those annual family trips provide uncountable fond memories. She loved the crisp mountain air and relaxing in the hot tub after a long day on the slopes, and continued to ski with her children and grandchildren until the age of 80.

Edna was also a great lover of travel, and used income saved from part-time jobs and her real estate endeavors to enable trips around the United States and the world: China, England, Japan, and central Europe. She shared her experiences with friends and family and enjoyed most the beautiful sights and delightful foods of her destinations.

In a 2017 trip to Europe, she was thrilled to discover a woodworker’s storefront with the name of “Schild” in her father’s hometown of Brienz, Switzerland. Connecting with her roots through travel and food was important to her, and she spoke often of her father’s brief occupation as a confectioner and the joy of pinching pieces of the enormous blocks of chocolate out of which he made his products. Sauerkraut, mustard, and sausages on the grill were a staple summer lunch, and warm, pickled cabbage was never amiss at Christmas dinner.

In every aspect of her life, Edna fostered positive and lasting friendships with those she met. She opened her home to bring friends and family together for birthdays and holidays and kept in touch with long distance acquaintances through birthday and holiday cards as well as postcards from her travels. She will be remembered fondly for her warm and neighborly presence, her sense of adventure, and her love of the sweet and simple things in life.

Edna is survived by her husband of 63 years, Bill, and their daughter Laura Reed and her husband, Howard, and their son Marc Weber and his wife, Susan, as well as her grandchildren, Tyler and Reed, and her brother John Schild and his wife, Mary.

In addition to her parents, aunt, and uncles, she was predeceased by a son, Karl Weber.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Feb. 22, 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church; 55 Catoonah Street, Ridgefield. Interment will take place privately, and there will be no calling hours.

Memorial contributions may be made to RVNA Health and Hospice, The Ridgefield Thrift Shop, or Keeler Tavern.

Kane Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.