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Obituary

Ex-Belleair leader Cheryl Weible dies

By RACHEL E.D. TUDOR
Published August 27, 2005

BELLEAIR - Former Belleair town commissioner Cheryl R. Weible, 85, died Thursday (Aug. 25, 2005) at home.

The longtime Belleair resident served on the commission in the late 1970s. She also worked as a consultant to the town's Park and Tree Board. In both roles, she worked to preserve parts of the town from being developed, said her son, Kent Weible.

Kent Weible, who served as Belleair's mayor in 1992, remembers his mother as a woman who wasn't afraid of a challenge.

In 1978, he said, developers proposed building condominiums near the Belleview Biltmore resort and golf course. Mrs. Weible and other residents didn't want the additional density in the area.

"She banded together with other citizens and pooled their resources to hire an attorney," Kent Weible said, and they won.

Mrs. Weible was born in Sheldon, N.D., and came to Belleair from Clearwater with her late husband, David Weible. She graduated from the University of North Dakota as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In college, she studied for and received her pilot's license simply to pass the time.

Mrs. Weible remained active in the beautification of Belleair even when she was not on the commission. She enjoyed gardening and was on the town's Park and Tree Board. During that time, she encouraged planting trees in parks and wanted to stop the erosion along the bluffs, her son said.

She also was politically active, working on Jack Eckerd's campaign for governor, he said.

At 79, she took up scuba diving and received her certification alongside her grandson.

"She put her family first and devoted herself to raising her family the best she could," Kent Weible said.

Survivors include her son, Kent, Belleair; a sister, Murlyn Miner, Greenfield, N.H.; and two grandsons, David and Dell Weible. Rhodes Funeral Directors, Druid Chapel, in Clearwater is handling the arrangements.

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