Robert Bernard Weber

Robert Bernard Weber, who raised and supported a large family from his work as a pharmacist and entrepreneur in the Orlando suburb of Winter Park, died from natural causes on Thursday, Aug. 24 in Tallahassee. He was 93.

Bob was a resident of the Westminster Oaks retirement community with his wife of seventy-two years, Betty.

Bob was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 27, 1929. He graduated high school in Cincinnati and earned a pharmacy degree from the University of Cincinnati.

He married the love of his life, the former Betty Lee Stamets of Cincinnati, on June 2, 1951. From 1952 to 1954, he served in the U.S. Army as a corporal in Battle Creek, Michigan, and later Denver, Colorado. After his military service, he worked as a pharmacist in Cincinnati.

In 1956, Bob and Betty Weber and their growing family relocated to Winter Park, which at the time was a small winter retreat for northern “snowbirds” and a separate community from nearby Orlando. Eventually, Bob’s parents and Betty’s mother also relocated to Winter Park.

Together, Bob and Betty opened and operated a pharmacy, Colonial Drugs, in Winter Park. Over the years, they expanded the pharmacy to include medical supplies. They also acquired an interest in the New England Building, which was then Winter Park’s largest professional office building.

Bob was active in the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, Rotary International, and Winter Park Christian Church. The Webers participated in Rotary events throughout the United States as well as in Europe. He was a weekend golfer and enjoyed reading history and other nonfiction books. Over the years, he transferred his baseball loyalty from the Cincinnati Reds to the Atlanta Braves. He also loved watching college football and professional golf on television and listening to classical music.

In 1992, Bob retired at age 63, and he and Betty traveled extensively, frequently to visit their children who had moved away from Central Florida, but also to summer in Park City, Utah, and to see numerous foreign countries.

In 2009, they relocated to Tallahassee and settled at Westminster Oaks, where they enjoyed the friendship of many residents as well as Tallahassee’s cultural offerings, especially the annual Opening Nights Performing Arts Festival at Florida State University. Bob said the Opening Nights performance by Tony Bennett at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall in 2016 was the best concert he ever attended.

Bob is survived by his wife, Betty; four children, Nancy Weber Estes, Robert Michael Weber (Patti), and Victoria Lynn Weber (David L. Powell), all of Tallahassee, and Linda Weber Williams (Edward), of Orlando; three grandchildren, Raymond Estes of Tallahassee, Leslie Powell Skilling of Atlanta (Bennett), and Steven Williams of Orlando (Amber); and four great-grandchildren, Madeleine and Weber Skilling of Atlanta, and Aubrey and Emma Williams of Orlando. Bob was pre-deceased by a daughter, Pamela Weber Vitale (John), and a grandson, Nicholas Vitale, both of Oviedo; a son-in-law, Tommy Estes; and his parents, Elizabeth and Albert Weber.

No services are planned. The family requests that gifts in Bob’s memory be made to the Children’s Home Society of Florida, Bob and Betty Weber Endowment Fund https://secure.qgiv.com/for/bobweber/ or a charity of your choice.