[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 91 (Friday, July 1, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING ROGER R. WEIHER

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 30, 2005

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, June 28, 2005, our community 
lost a great jurist, advocate and true friend with the passing of Roger 
R. Weiher. At 79 years young, he unexpectedly passed from this life.
  An Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, Roger Weiher was raised in 
North Toledo and graduated from Woodward High School. He received 
undergraduate degrees from Western Michigan and John Carroll 
Universities, and earned his law degree back home at the University of 
Toledo. In addition to his law practice, Roger also served as Lucas 
County deputy clerk of courts and Ohio assistant attorney general. He 
began his judicial tenure with an appointment to Toledo Municipal Court 
in 1989 and was later elected to the position. Following a decade of 
service, Judge Weiher continued as a visiting judge even after 
retirement. His even-tempered, soft and patient nature made him a good 
judge and, as one of his colleagues noted, ``He understood people. 
That's what made him so effective on that court.'' Expecting to remain 
active following mandatory retirement from visiting judge duties at age 
80, Judge Weiher planned next month to begin training as a mediator. 
His wife explained, ``He wasn't going to put his feet up.''
  Roger was not only a fine public servant and respected attorney, but 
together with his first wife Evelyn Weiher, with whom he raised their 
son Tommy, he was well known in the theatre world. Evelyn was an 
actress, director, and teacher in the theatre, and when they settled 
back in Toledo the two established a theatre company in the 1960s which 
staged productions in the former State Theatre. Later productions were 
staged at Adrian's Croswell Opera House. Evelyn passed away following 
illness in 1983, yet Roger's passion for performing continued. Just 
last month he participated in his 49th consecutive Gridiron show, an 
annual event of the Toledo Junior Bar Association.
  His wife Norma brought new joy into his life, and they were married 
in 1985. Always at his side, Norma was his true and faithful companion. 
She was with him even as he breathed his last from this life and 
entered into the next. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Norma, 
Thomas, stepdaughter Linda, brother Donald, and grandchildren. May the 
brightly burning light that was Roger Weiher in life remain in their 
hearts, giving them comfort for the journey ahead, and offering them 
peace in remembering the man who was husband, father, brother, grandpa, 
mentor, friend, and a man imbued with the spirit of justice borne of 
his faith and the rule of law.

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