Robert “Bob” Weedon is abandoning household, associates, and an enormous neighborhood of sports activities lovers who’re mourning his passing.
His obituary introduced his peaceable dying on the Copper Terrace Nursing House in Chatham, on Saturday, November 9.
Weedon leaves behind a big household together with his spouse of 56 years, alongside together with his youngsters, and grandchildren.
He was additionally beloved by the Chatham-Kent neighborhood, as he was concerned in native sports activities for over 50 years.
Weedon was the president of the Maple Metropolis Slo-Pitch League for 42 years.
“Bob was a significant a part of our Affiliation for 35 years,” Slo-Pitch Ontario (SPO) mentioned in an announcement on Fb. “His accomplishments on the sphere, not solely as a Participant, but additionally as a Coach and an Umpire, and administratively off the sphere, are far too quite a few to record of their entirety…”
The assertion added that his inductions as a builder of the game in each the SPO Corridor of Fame and the Softball Ontario Corridor of Fame barely start to acknowledge how a lot he completed out of his love of sport.
“[SPO] will at all times be extremely grateful for Bob’s dedication to the game we love, and we gratefully acknowledge his efforts, his unwavering dedication, and the contributions he made to the event and promotion of the game of slo-pitch,” the assertion mentioned.
He was additionally inducted into the Chatham Sports activities Corridor of Fame in 2012.
In 2021, the ball diamonds at St. Clair Faculty’s Chatham campus had been named after him.
Weedon will not be quickly forgotten in Chatham-Kent.
A visitation was held on the Alexander & Houle Funeral House in Chatham (245 Wellington St. W.) on Thursday, November 14. A memorial service was performed within the chapel of the funeral house the identical day.
Anybody wishing to precise their condolences via donation is requested to contemplate the Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario.
