Ned Weston Obituary:<\/h2>\n

On Saturday, 19 April, 2014, William Ned Weston went to be with his Savior. Our sincere condolences go out to Ned\u2019s wife Sandy, and his family. We offer a heartfelt thank you to them for permitting Ned to be an integral part of our lives. On Saturday 26 April, a memorial service was held in Ned\u2019s honor at his church, the West Sunbury United Presbyterian Church in West Sunbury, PA. The memorial service included a ceremonial presentation by the Game Commission\u2019s Honor Guard, with a flag bestowment to Ned\u2019s wife Sandy. It is not surprising that there was standing room only. In addition to Ned\u2019s love for his family, Ned enjoyed a career of 36 years with the Pennsylvania Game Commission protecting the wildlife he loved, and enhancing wildlife habit to the extent of receiving honors from numerous wildlife organizations. Ned\u2019s life was additionally committed to trapping. Ned held the position of vice president of the Pennsylvania Trapper\u2019s Association. To Ned, this position of vice president was not simply a name tag to affix to his shirt. Ned was totally committed to teaching, and reaching out to any individual or group he could reach, with the message of the importance of scientific wildlife management. In 2008, Ned was inducted into the Pennsylvania Trappers Association Hall of Fame. Ned commented, \u201cOf the numerous recognitions I may have received over the years, this recognition means more to me than any of the others.\u201d To do justice to Ned\u2019s commitment to wildlife and his fellow man would require an entire book. Words truly can not do justice to Ned\u2019s influence on us and the wildlife of Pennsylvania. When Charlie Sykes was asked to express his thoughts on Ned, he stated: \u201cNed\u2019s wisdom with the PGC & PTA, and humor on the BOD, were second to none! Ned\u2019s willingness to help or tackle any project for the PTA is an inspiration to us all. Ned\u2019s personal relationship with his Lord, Jesus Christ, and his testimony that all was well between him and his creator \u2013 Priceless today!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ned Weston was a trapper and a wildlife conservation officer. More importantly Ned was a mentor, a teacher, and a friend to everyone he met. Ned\u2019s life revolved around protecting wildlife and the habitat so critical to its existence. Ned adamantly promoted ethics, responsibility, and professional wildlife management. Ned\u2019s life provided a standard for all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7014,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-642","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PamqOT-am","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7019,"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions\/7019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrappers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}