Julia Ann Weber

Willow resident Julia Ann Weber, 42, died tragically Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at her home.

A Celebration of Life service in Julia’s honor for family and friends is at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. at Willow Elementary School with Reverend Dan Lush officiating at the services. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Seattle, Wash.

Julia was born July 12, 1968, in Fairbury, Neb. to John Wesley and Sondra (Liebsack) Orth. She worked as a Flight Attendant for Alaska Airlines for more than 20 years and was proud to work for her home state of Alaska in the airline industry. She enjoyed photography and spending time with her pets and especially the time she shared with her son Jacob and her family.

Her family said “Julia was one of the joys of our lives. She loved being a mom to Jacob; she was a beautiful and compassionate daughter, sister, and friend who was generous to all she met and would do all she could to help anyone she met in her life. Julia will always be the family’s Guardian Angel and will be dearly loved and missed by her family and friends. She will always be interned in our hearts.”

Julia is survived by her son Jacob Robert Weber of Willow; her mom and papa Sondra and William Petram of Willow; and father John Orth and his wife Sandy of Colorado Springs, Colo.; brother John Allen Orth and his children Ian and Nicole; sisters Teri Lynn Petram of Phoenix, Ariz., and Michelle Marie Carlile of Affton, Mo. And all her friends and colleagues she made in her time with Alaska Airlines. She was preceded in death by her grandma, Joycen Petram.

The family suggests memorials in her honor be made to the Jacob Weber fund at the Matanuska Valley Federal Credit Union Account No. 1319930TR 1020 S. Bailey Street Palmer, AK 99645.

The family was cared for by Valley Funeral Home and Crematory Wasilla.