Lovan D. Weis

A Graveside Service for Lovan Weis, age 86, will be Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas. Visitation for family and friends will be 5:00 – 7:00 PM Monday at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. Lovan went home to the Lord and to join her late husband, Gene, on October 30, 2015 after a long illness. She is survived by the following relatives: daughter Saralu and son-in-law Byron Hill of Enid; her daughter Tarasu and son-in-law Ulrich Werner of Christina Lake, BC, and granddaughters Andrea and Greta Werner of Langley, British Columbia; son John and daughter-in-law Melinda Weis, plus grandson Thomas Weis, of Ada, Michigan, and sister Judy Simpson of Prescott, Arizona. Lovan was born on February 27, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She spent her childhood in Arkansas and in Leavenworth, Kansas. As a young woman she worked for the Veterans Administration in the latter city and then as a civilian employee of the US Army at nearby Fort Leavenworth, where she met the love of her life, Gene, a sergeant serving at that post. They were married on May 23, 1955, and immediately embarked on a series of adventures including Gene's assignments in West Germany, where daughter Saralu was born; and Kentucky, where Tarasu and John were born; and Oklahoma. Gene's 18-month assignment to South Korea following John's birth was the only separation of their 42-year marriage. After Gene retired from the service in 1963, the family lived in Lawton, Oklahoma, before moving to Salina, Kansas in 1968 to be near Gene's family. Lovan was both a homemaker and a hard-working bookkeeper and accountant for a grain elevator and then a Salina cabinet manufacturer. Gene retired from the Salina Public School System in 1985, and Lovan retired in 1991, after which the couple moved to Enid. During their shared retirement years Lovan and Gene enjoyed traveling to new destinations and visiting their now - grown children. Following her loss of Gene in 1997, Lovan continued to travel and also volunteered at Enid nonprofit organizations. Lovan's most exciting memories were of her life as an Army spouse and she loved being a part of the Vance AFB community, where she also volunteered. Lovan spent her last years at Greenbrier Nursing Home in Enid, where she was much-loved by the staff. Lovan will be interred next to Gene at Leavenworth National Cemetery, in the city where the couple met and fell in love. Guestbook available online at www.andersonburris.com.

Lovan D. Weis

February 27, 1929 - October 30, 2015