Dwayne "Skeeter" Weiner

Dwayne W. “Skeeter” Weiner, age 94 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Monday, September 25, 2023 at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 29 at First Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Rebecca Thomas officiating. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Cemetery with military honors by the Sauk Centre United Veterans Honor Guard.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church.

Dwayne William Weiner was born September 27, 1928 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota to Matthias and Esther (Quade) Weiner. He grew up in Sauk Centre and Little Sauk, attending school in Sauk Centre. He served in the US Army from 1946-1948, stationed in Alaska. After service, he returned to Sauk Centre to work in farming and road construction. In 1955 he went to Eureka, California to work for a lumber company. He returned to Sauk Centre a year later and was a Star-Tribune relay driver for 35 years. He also worked for Sauk Centre Excavating. At various times, he worked as a school bus driver, carpenter, taxi driver, and a driver for Gettle Trucking. 

On December 19, 1968, he married Alta (Crandall) Butler. They enjoyed 40 years of marriage.

Skeeter was very active in Boy Scouts and the church. He enjoyed working on Habitat for Humanity homes with the First Lutheran Church group, twice traveling to New Orleans to help repair homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. He was also a member of the American Legion, Sauk Centre Historical Society, and Big Sauk Lake Association.

Skeeter enjoyed fishing and hunting with family and friends. He loved to visit and stay active outside, cutting and splitting wood all through his eighties. He was always happy to lend a hand when needed.

He will be remembered as kind, thoughtful, and caring man, a friend to many, generous with his time and love for his family.

Survivors include his son, Glen (Leslie) Weiner of Fridley; step-son, Fred Butler of Spring Lake, North Carolina and his children, Marc, Brandon, and Kristi; sister-in-law, Shirley Weiner of Sauk Centre; and many nieces and nephews.

Skeeter was preceded in death his by parents; wife, Alta Weiner in 2009; infant son; brothers and sister-in-law, Arthur “Bud” (Glee) Weiner, and Merlin Weiner; and sister and brother-in-law, Arlene (Don) Bailey.