Rita was born on January 10, 1935 in Leavenworth, Kansas, the daughter of John and Teresa Duffin Crancer. She attended Sacred Heart Grade School, St. Mary Academy, and Immaculata High School, and St. Mary College, from which she graduated in 1956. Following graduation, Rita became a flight attendant with Trans World Airline until 1959, when she married Col. (then Major) Weaver in the Immaculate Conception church, then known as the Old Cathedral.
For the next 11 years, she lived with her husband and three children at his stations, Stateside and overseas: Korea, Belgium, and Germany. In 1970 Col. Weaver returned to Ft. Leavenworth, where he served until his retirement in 1975. During this period Rita was an active member of both Immaculate Conception and St. Ignatious parishes. Following his retirement, the family moved to the North Esplanade where they restored a Victorian era home, registered on the National Historic Homes Landmark. They lived there for the next 30 years until 2006 when Rita and her husband relocated to San Antonio, TX.
Her parents and her brother, Col. John "Jerry" Crancer (LHS Class of 1951), preceded Rita in death. She is survived by her husband and by her sister, Beth Crancer Hall of Memphis, TN, and by her three children: John S Weaver, Mary Beth Weaver, and Julia Ann (Weaver) Humpton and five grandsons.
A memorial Mass is to be celebrated in the Army Residence Communitity Chapel, San Antonio, and arrangements have been entrusted to the R L Leintz Funeral Home for a graveside service and inurment in Mt Cavalry Cemetary at a date to be determined. Queries may be directed to Immaculate Conception/St Joseph Church http://www.icsj.org/ContactUs.htm as regards date and time.
Please sign the guestbook at www.colonialuniversal.com. Arrangements under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home, Universal City, Texas.
Please make memorial donations in Rita's memory to Heart to Heart Hospice at http://hearttohearthospice.com/
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