Joel Mark Weaver age 79, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, passed away on Sunday, June 3rd, at the Regal Heights Nursing-Rehab Center in Hockessin, Delaware from complications of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 2:00pm at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ralph Snyder officiating. Entombment will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum of Prayer with Military Rites. The family will receive friends from 12:30-2:00pm on Monday, prior to the funeral service. Joel was a retiree of the General Motors Corp, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a devout Christian and served many years as bible teacher, deacon, board member, and song leader at his church. He opened his home to many who were in need, including several foster children. He will be remembered for his generous heart, his love for and dedication to his family, and for his in depth bible knowledge. He will be greatly missed by all who loved and knew him. Joel is pre-deceased by his parents, Lester E and Bessie P Weaver; one daughter, Dina Joann Weaver; one infant son, Richard Mark Weaver; three sisters, Vester Graybell, Lucille Campbell, and Pauline Prillman; and one brother, Homer Weaver. Joel is survived by his devoted and loving wife of 55 years, Ilene Weaver, also from Landenberg, Pennsylvania; one daughter, Norma Jean Fratoni and her husband, Sam, from South Portland, Maine; one son, Richard Weaver, from Elkton, Maryland, and one daughter of the heart, Ashley Ramos, from Landenberg, Pennsylvania; two grandsons, Matthew Snyder and Benjamin Fratoni both from South Portland, Maine; one brother, Conley Weaver and his wife Louella from Mountain City, Tennessee; two sisters, Jewell Weaver and Winnie Jean Greer both from West Jefferson, North Carolina; and many brother and sister in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins.