Melvin Hauck "Mel" Weber

1904 - 1990  (85 years)

• Name	Melvin Hauck "Mel" Weber
  Born	6 Dec 1904	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mel Weber Sporting Goods.
  Business	Webco
  Business	Webco Awards
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Weber Tire and Battery Co.
  Interesting	sports, business
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Evangelical
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Student
  Residence	1921	127 Young St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-179144
  Died	22 Apr 1990	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I179144	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Kesselring Weber,   b. 5 Apr 1872, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Clara Hauck,   b. 5 Apr 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F176266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sadie Eileen Dubrick,   b. 25 Jul 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1987  (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. William John "Bill" Weber,   b. 1929, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States ,   d. 8 Jan 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. Cameron Lee "Cam" Weber,   b. 16 Jul 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Apr 2002, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)   3. Bonnie Weber   4. Judy Weber
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F9614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mel Weber was founder of athletic goods firm Melvin (Mel) Weber, founder of Webco Sports Ltd., a distributor of athletic goods and equipment and for many years the "trophy king" of Kitchener-Waterloo, died Sunday at his home, Central Park Lodge in Kitchener. He was 85. "His whole life was working," his daughter, Bonnie Jacob said Monday. Weber "He was your typical workaholic," she said, adding her father was a very popular man with a great sense of humor. He had lived at Central Park Lodge since last September and prior to that, had been in a retirement apartment. A native of Kitchener, Weber left the city in 1924 and served in the United States Air Force as an engine mechanic and parachute rigger for two years, hitchhiked home from California and married his childhood sweetheart, Sadie Dubrick in 1927. After a stint with Fisher Body Co. In Detroit, Weber and his wife returned to Kitchener in 1932 and he started Weber Tire and Battery Co. on Duke Street, across from the Canada Manpower office. About 1936, he discontinued the automotive accessory business and acquired the sporting goods store owned by his brother, Fred, and Jack Penner. He moved it to a portion of the building now occupied by Cafe Mozart on Queen Street South. During the Second World War years, Weber employed 12 women part time making service stripes, epaulets and insignia. In 1966, he sold Mel Weber Sporting Goods to College Sports Ltd. and launched Webco Sports on Victoria Street South. The company moved to its present location at Victoria and Duke streets in 1980. When Weber and his wife, who was office manager, retired in 1977, son Bill assumed the presidency. Mrs. Jacob is secretary-treasurer; another son, Cameron, is in sales, and two grandchildren also work for the company. Mel Weber also operated Webco Awards Ltd. for decades until 1972 when he sold the company to Larry Lee, a one-time draftsman at Raytheon Canada Ltd. of Waterloo. The company, now called Lee Craft, supplies trophies, shields, medallions, cups and ribbons to schools, fraternities, sports organizations, clubs and associations. Weber was a member of Zion United Church, a charter member of the Kinsmen Club, a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Sales and Ad Club. He is survived by two sons and two daughters. He was predeceased by his wife in 1987, three brothers and one sister. A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 29, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Edward R. Good Funer al Home in Waterloo. The Record, Waterloo Region Record Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tue, Apr 24, 1990 Page 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 1. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 1. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Weber/ Melvin Hauck/ 1904-1990/ Sadie E./ Dubrick/ 1906-1987 [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195988705/melvin-hauck-weber.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Dec 1904 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Mel Weber Sporting Goods. - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Weber Tire and Battery Co. - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Apr 1990 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth