Obituary of Frances Louise Weaver

Frances L. Weaver, age 84 of Lehman, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Mrs. Weaver was born on April 26, 1928 in Lake Twp. and was the daughter of the late Bertha and Harry Crispell. Frances graduated from Lake Township High School in 1946 where she was president of her class. She was also captain of her high school basketball team. She was the rock of the family, having to raise 10 children alone after the early passing of her husband. She faced many hardships along the way which made her very strong, yet when you saw her interact with her grandchildren and great grandchildren that tough outer faade melted away to show her heart of gold. She was always willing to give and never asked for anything in return. She enjoyed spoiling her family with treats from her kitchen. Her rice pudding and apple crisp were a popular treat around birthdays. No one makes a better rice pudding than Frances! Mrs. Weaver was the genealogist of the family, she is the one who could tell you exactly who you were related to and how. She often shared stories of the old days. It was the simple things in life that she enjoyed such as those nightly drives through the countryside at dusk to look for deer, sitting on her porch in the dark watching for shooting stars, and watching the birds at the birdfeeder. She also loved watching her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren play a variety of sports. She also rewarded them when they made the honor roll at school. She was preceded in death by her husband: Emerson Weaver; son: Richard Weaver; daughter: Sherry Teetsel; brothers: Clyde and Walt Crispell. Surviving are her daughters: Lois Wandel and her husband W. Elton Wandel, Jr. of Lehman, Bette Weaver of Noxen, Cindy Chocallo and her husband Paul of Lehman, Tina Hall and her husband Lou of Noxen; sons: David Weaver and his wife Joanne of Lehman, Thomas Weaver and his wife Mary of Sweet Valley, Timothy Weaver and his wife Piper of Lehman, Todd Weaver and his wife Kathleen of Lehman and Jeffrey Weaver and his wife Amy of Lehman; sisters: Nancy McKennas and her husband Tony, Cathy Rhone and her husband Art; brothers: Vernon Crispell and his wife Julia and Don Crispell and his wife Bev; 20 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with Pastor L.D. Reed of the Emmanuel Assembly of God Church, Harveys Lake, officiating. Friends may call 6-9 PM on Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Lehman Center Cemetery. In lieu of flower, memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, 190 Welles St, Forty Fort, PA 18704.