Charles A. Weston ’58 died on March 12, 2025, in West Lempeter Twp, Pennsylvania.
(The following was provided by the Snyder Funeral Home on February 25, 2026:)
Charles A. Weston ’58
Charles A. Weston of West Lampeter Township passed away peacefully on March 12, 2025, leaving behind his wife, Norma A. Weston.
Charlie received his science degree from Bowdoin College in 1958 and joined the ROTC program, ranking as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and then the reserves. Due to his adeptness at organic chemistry, Charlie went on to obtain his master’s degree from Rutgers and was honorably discharged from the Army. He worked at American Cyanamid Chemical Company in Bound Brook, New Jersey, for years and co-authored an article in the 1980 Journal of Organic Chemistry.
Norma A. Weston (née Bressler)
01/23/1940 – 02/25/2026
Norma A. Weston of West Lampeter Township passed away peacefully on February 25, 2026, joining her beloved husband, Charlie, who preceded her in death on March 12, 2025.
Born in Hazleton, PA, to Norman S. Bressler and Ruth A. (Richards) Bressler, Norma spent her childhood in Freeland and graduated as salutatorian of her high school class. Norma went on to graduate from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, leading to a brilliant career in chemistry at American Cyanamid Company in Bound Brook, New Jersey. Norma was passionate about chemistry and over her long career was co-inventor on at least seven patents and was the sole inventor on at least two. Her capacity for high level thinking led to her later love of creating intricately beaded necklaces.
While working at American Cyanamid Company, she met a fellow chemist named Charles A. Weston.
Wed in 1962, Norma and Charlie went on to share sixty-two years of marriage and chemistry. They designed and built a custom home on a two-acre lot in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where they lived until moving to Willow Valley Retirement Communities in 2015.
Norma and Charlie were adventurers. They honeymooned in Mexico City, skied in Montreal, and visited the Virgin Islands. They could often be found guiding one of their sailboats along the Jersey Shore.