Steve Weller

Steve Weller passed away on January 15, 2005 in Port St. Lucie, Florida at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife, Joy White Weller of Lindale; sons, Glenn R. Weller of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and David L. Weller of Montreal, Quebec; 8 grandchildren: Keith, Karl, Susie, Ryan, Ali, Drew, Daniele and Stephen, plus an extended family in England. Graveside services will be held on Friday, January 21, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. in the Lindale City Cemetery under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale with Dr. James Ballard of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Steve Weller was born June 7, 1925 to Charles Rupert and Susan Taylor Weller in Beaconsfield, England and lived a long and remarkable life. Steve attended Lord Williams' School in England until graduation at fifteen when he entered Jesus College, Oxford. As a young man he fought the fires in London during the Battle of Britain and entered the Royal Volunteer Navy as a reserve officer at the age of 17. He was assigned to the aircraft carrier H.M.S. PRETORIA CASTLE and flew anti-submarine patrols in the North Sea. In 1944 Steve was sent to the United States for pilot training; first, to Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri; then to Bunker Hill, Indiana, Corpus Christi and Beeville, Texas and finished flight school in Jacksonville, Florida attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. When he was discharged in 1947, Steve joined what was then Trans-Canada Airlines (present day Air Canada) as a station manager in Reykjavik, Iceland. After three years with the company, he immigrated to the United States where he became a citizen in 1955. Heading directly for Texas, he entered the University of Texas obtaining his B.S. (with honors) in 1953. While there, he met and married the former Joy White of Lindale, a moment he described as the happiest of his life. After graduating, Steve joined Convair in Fort Worth and at the same time entered TCU to do graduate work in nuclear physics. From 1958 until 1966, he was with the Martin Marietta Corporation in Denver, Colorado where he was the head of propulsion systems for the Titan rocket systems which supported the 10 launches of the Gemini space program and the majority of the United States ICBM missile arsenal during the Cold War. In 1967 he joined Control Data Corporation which took his family to Maryland, Minnesota and Belgium. He left CDC in 1975 as Vice President of International Operations. In 1979, Steve and Joy retired to Hide-A-Way Lake. While in Lindale, he became actively involved in the community where he served on the Board of the First United Methodist Church, sang in the choir, prepared taxes for VITA, was a member of SCORE, was a Freemason, a member of the Scottish Rite of Dallas and of the Sharon Shiners of Tyler. At Hide-A-Way he was involved in the dance club, ROMEOs and served as the President of the Board for one term. Throughout his extraordinary life he has touched and influenced many people with sincere kindness and respect ? a true gentleman. We will miss him greatly. No flowers please, donations in his memory may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Lindale, or your charity of choice.

Steve Weller

June 7, 2025 - January 15, 2005