[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1118-H1119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE LEGACY OF EDWARD FORD WEBER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the productive 
life of the Honorable Congressman Edward Ford Weber of Toledo, Ohio, a 
gifted lawyer and a man for others.
  Throughout his life and during his congressional service, beginning 
in 1981, he worked hard to serve the people of northwest Ohio during 
those tumultuous economic times.
  He was a gentleman and a veteran, dedicated to his family, to our 
community of Toledo, and to our country. He earned a Phi Beta Kappa 
from Denison University, was president of his fraternity, and captain 
of the men's tennis team. He was married to the love of his life, Alice 
Hammerstrom, for 66 years. They reared three wonderful children, six 
grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
  Ed was committed to education and to music, as well. He tutored 
children in reading within the Toledo public school system, some of our 
most challenged neighborhoods, in addition to the teaching he did at 
the University of Toledo Law School.
  Ed practiced law in Toledo for nearly half a century at Marshall 
Melhorn first, and then eventually founded his own firm and generously 
kept giving of himself to numerous endeavors to improve Toledo: Our 
zoo; the Toledo Museum of History, which is world class; the Boy 
Scouts; the YMCA; the Toledo Museum of Art, also world class; the Red 
Cross; and numerous charitable foundations. He kept giving back, 
through his deep commitment to the people of Toledo and surrounding 
communities, and we needed him. He understood the impact and importance 
of civic duty.
  Today, America salutes Edward Ford Weber for his lifelong, noble, 
honorable service. We honor and remember his constructive life and the 
ethic that imbued his spirit.
  The last time I had the pleasure of seeing him was at the Toledo 
Club. He

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had a Wednesday group, and all these guys would meet. They basically 
had formally retired from their professions, but they really didn't 
retire from life, and they were having one great time.
  Our prayers are extended to his loved ones. May they be comforted by 
the love and memories they hold in their hearts, and may the angels 
carry their beloved husband, father, and grandfather to a place of 
peace and joy.

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