Robert (Bob) Weedon is shown above as president of Eynsham Probus in 1998
Bob grew up – and met his future wife – in Birmingham. Teacher training was interrupted by World War II: he was involved in the D Day landings of 1944, then served in Holland and Kenya.
After marrying Joan in 1950, he taught at a secondary school near High Wycombe while helping her to run their bed & breakfast at evenings and weekends. The family (now with 3 young girls) moved to Eynsham in 1967 when Bob became inspector of schools for the County Council. He got involved in the community as a parent governor at Bartholomew School; took an MA in education at Sussex University in his fifties; and lectured at Culham College near Abingdon, eventually building up and running their resource centre.
His practical skills were used to help friends and neighbours, as well as around the family home. Bob was an active member of Eynsham Probus after retiring (1986-2018), though four years leading up to Joan’s death in 2012 were devoted to her care.
He was regularly seen around the village lately, collecting orders from Country Market, attending lunches at the Baptist Church, coping cheerfully with failing sight and remaining independent with support from friends and family until he succumbed to a stroke in March 2018.
An extended obituary of Joan Weedon, who helped run the charity stall outside the Bartholomew Room for almost 30 years, provided several contributions to the Eynsham Record and compiled many fine obituaries, appears in the Eynsham Record 30 (2013).