Weigel, Dan

WEIGEL, ROBINET, BAKER, WOLFE, BRINER, ELLIS, WATTS

Posted By: Ken Baker (email)
Date: 2/5/2025 at 16:00:53

Dan Weigel Obituary
Dan Weigel, 79, of Creston died Monday, January 20, 2025, at Greater Regional Health in Creston. Celebration of Life Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday January 27, 2025, at the Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Jodi Rushing will officiate. Burial will be at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter, Ia. at 12:30 p.m. Monday January 27, 2025. Full military honors will be provided by the U.S. Army Honor Guard and Theodore J. Martens Creston V.F.W. Post #1797. Open visitation, with family receiving friends will be from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 27, 2025, at the Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Dan Lee Weigel was born February 28, 1945, in Des Moines, Ia. to Charles Vincent Weigel and Cora Elizabeth (Robinet) Weigel. His first years were spent around the Polk City area until his parents purchased a farm in Ellston in 1950. He attended school in Ellston and later attended school to become a butcher in Toledo, Ohio. Dan served his country as a part of the United States Army from September 1965 until September of 1967, and was deployed for a tour in Vietnam.

In 1968, Dan was united in marriage to Pamella Susan (Briner) in Mt. Ayr, Ia. The couple were blessed with two children, Dan, Jr., and Bobbi Jo. They settled in Des Moines where he worked as a butcher, before returning to Mt Ayr where he worked as a farm hand. Later they moved to Diagonal, and he worked for D.A. Jennings doing dirt work and other road construction projects. They also lived in Ellston and back in Des Moines where he built starters for Snodgrass and later worked for Des Moines Steel.

Dan’s career direction changed, and he began working as a Police Officer while they lived in Melcher Dallas and his goal was to become a part of the State Patrol. He was working towards that goal and was attending the academy when he reinjured an old injury that prevented that goal from being completed. For a brief time, he worked as a plumber before he began working in the career that he loved as an over the road truck driver. During this time, the family moved to New Virginia, later moving to a farm near Orient, Ia. and to Creston in 2021 when he retired. He enjoyed racing cars, both on dirt tracks and at the drag strip in Eddyville. He also was an avid ham radio operator and had the skill and ability to build his own radio. He loved sharing that hobby with others as he communicated with people all over the world. Dan was a member of the American Legion in both New Virginia and later in Creston.

Dan is survived by his wife Pamella Weigel of Creston; his children, Dan Weigel, Jr. of Creston, and Bobbi Jo (husband Randy) of Florence, Texas; one sister Kathy (husband Terry) Baker of Windsor, Colo.; two grandchildren, Samantha (husband Chad) Ellis of Florence, Texas and Luke (wife Shanna) Watts of Florence, Texas; 10 great-grandchildren, Dixie, Cole, Eli, Porter, Corbin and Walker Ellis, and Jordan, William, Bradley and Luke, Jr. Watts and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Charles, Paul, Richard, and Tom Weigel and his sister Carol Wolfe.