May 6, 1932 – Dec. 20, 2023

Cremation services for John R. Weaver, 91, of Sallisaw, are under the direction of Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc.

Mr. Weaver was born on May 6, 1932, in Glenrock, Wyo., to Ray and Rena Weaver. He died on Dec. 20, 2023.

He received a ministerial degree in 1954 from Northwest Bible Institute in Seattle. After graduation, he was an associate pastor in an Assembly of God church in Idaho Falls.

He married Teeny Waterman on Nov. 16, 1956. She proceeds him in death.

He took the lead pastor positions of Assembly of God churches in three different cities in Montana in 32 years, then an associate position for the remainder of his career.

He then married Marilyn Barger of Sallisaw. Survivors are his wife, Marilyn; children, Andrea and husband Steve of Billings, Mont., and John and wife Joanna of Hamilton, Mont.; twin sister, Mary Cox of Lynnwood, Wash., step-children, Daniel Barger and Cindi, and Janette Hohn and Larry; and other family members and friends.

He was also proceeded in death by his parents; brother, Ray; and a sister he had never met.

A service of celebration will be held this spring in Kalispell, where he will be buried next to his first wife, Teeny.