Weckerly

Roland “Bud” Weckerly, 90, of Butler, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at Allegheny General Hospital.

Born May 1, 1933, in Butler, he was the son of the late Albert Weckerly and Helen Kepple Weckerly.

Bud was a graduate of Penn Township High School, where he won the state championship for basketball his senior year in high school. He retired from Armco, where he was employed for over 30 years in the labor department. He was a member of Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, Butler, where he was a deacon, a member of the choir, volunteered for many activities and arranged a yearly church corn roast which started in 1943 and is still ongoing.

He loved singing and recorded himself during the COVID-19 pandemic, so it could be played for people who were quarantined and in isolation. Many nurses called him their “singing strength,” and he was featured in an article in the Butler Eagle. He was also a member of the William H. Miller Lodge 769, New Castle Consistory and the Syria Shrine.

Bud was a lifelong dairy farmer who loved his John Deere tractors.

He enjoyed hunting, target shooting and dancing. Bud was accepting and had love for everyone. He always said “it is what it is.”

Surviving are his wife, Zoanne Stoughton Weckerly, whom he married Sept. 15, 1993; his children, Diane Brennan of Butler, Tim Weckerly (Bill DeBow) of Longmont, Colo., Susan (Randy) Slupe of Butler and Stacey (Brian) Heider of Butler; four grandchildren, Lewis (Michelle) Murray of St. Mary's, Pa., Crystal Murray of Butler, Dalton Slupe of Butler and Austin Slupe of Butler; two great-grandchildren, Lucas Murray and Grace Mackievich; his stepdaughter, Melanie (John) Rogers of Birmingham, Ala.; and his brother, Dr. William (Sheila) Weckerly of Florida.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Leona “Jean” (Callahan) Weckerly; son, Daniel Weckerly; brother, Ken Weckerly; sister, Kathryn L. Jones; and son-in-law, Frank Brennan.

WECKERLY — Friends of Roland “Bud” Weckerly, who died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at FOX FUNERAL HOME, 410 W. Main St., Saxonburg.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, 201 E. Jefferson St., Butler, PA 16001, with the Rev. Merry Meloy officiating. Everyone please meet at the church.

Memorial donations may be made to Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church.

For more information, please visit www.foxfuneralhomeinc.com.

Please sign the guest book at www.butlereagle.com.