Elizabeth Weber, 94, of Seneca, Kansas, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at Life Care Center in Seneca.

She was born on the family farm east of Dawson, Nebraska on July 25, 1917, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Joyce Kelly. She graduated from St. Mary’s Grade School and Dawson High School, class of 1934. She also attended Peru State Teachers College for two years and taught at Cornell School District #33 near Verdon, Nebraska for two years.

On June 22, 1938, she married Richard M. Weber at St. Mary’s Church in Dawson, Nebraska. The couple celebrated 36 years of marriage before Richard preceded her in death on March 20, 1973.

They lived in Hebron for a short time and later in Hanover, Kansas, before moving to Seneca in 1949, where she has lived since.

In 1966 Elizabeth began to work for the Seneca Free Library as Librarian, retiring in 1987 as the Head Librarian. In the days before barcode check-outs, many waves of avid readers both children and adults knew her as the face behind the circulation desk with the check-out date stamp.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and St. Ann’s Altar Society at the church in Seneca. She was a member of the Seneca Business & Professional Women (BPW).

Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter Joyce and her husband Larry Becker, and a sister Eleanor Bourke.

She is survived by her children, Barbara (William) Oppy of Fort Collins, Colorado, James (Judy) Weber of Loveland, Colorado, Patricia (Lawrence) Schmelzle of Estherbrook, Wyoming, Richard Weber of Seneca and Janet “Jan” Weber of Sabetha; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 2 PM Monday, May 21, at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Dawson, Nebraska. A rosary will be prayed at 4 PM Sunday at Lauer Funeral Home.

Memorials may be given in Elizabeth’s memory for Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School in Seneca, or St. Mary’s Cemetery in Dawson, Nebraska.