Stanley Weigand; 1933-2024

When Stan was six years old, he survived being kicked in the head by a horse and was unconscious for a week. This slowed him down a bit as he had to learn to walk and talk all over again. He went to the one-room Center Schoolhouse all through grade school. He and his sisters rode their bikes two miles down the road to school with one teacher and all eight grades. Stan was the only one in his class. By high school time, he went to Adin to high school, where his favorite subject was basketball.

All Stan ever wanted to do was be a rancher and cowboy, so when he graduated from high school in 1952, he bought his own herd of cows and worked on his father’s ranch, kept his cows and lived the cowboy life he loved.

In 1954, he started dating Glorianne Roufs from Bieber and in June 1956 they were married in the little White Church in Bieber that was built by his grandfather, Studley. They moved into the old Johnson house that Stan’s folks owned. Their first son, Doug, was born in June of 1958 and their second son, Scott, was born in March of 1960.

Stan worked for his dad for seven years, and in 1963 Stan and Glorianne got the chance to buy the 101 Ranch from his aunt and mother. The 101 Ranch had been homesteaded by Stan’s great-grandfather, Benjamen Studley, in 1869. Stan was the fourth generation to own the 101 Ranch.

Stan was a 4-H leader, Forest Service advisor, Farm Bureau member, FRBV cattleman and a helper and friend to anyone who needed him. Stan and Glorianne also gave a home to several young boys that needed a family and place to live. Those boys say that Stan saved their lives.

In 2003, after 40 years on the 101 Ranch and on Stan’s 70th birthday, he and Glorianne sold the ranch and moved to their retirement home in Pittville. Although retirement was only a word they worked for 15 years with the Fort Crook Museum. They were instrumental in moving and rebuilding the Round Barn, moving the Timekeepers Cabin from Pondosa, restoring the Fort Cabin, refurbishing the James Showcase, and buying the church.

They have enjoyed five fantastic Western Livestock Journal tours to Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and Nebraska with 120 of their friends.

Stan’s parents, Lawrence and Norma Weigand; sister, Avis; and brother, Dale, have all gone over the great divide. Stan was proud of his family. Stan is blessed with a large family: Glorianne Weigand, Stan’s beloved wife of 68 years. They worked side-by-side as a loving and devoted couple; Stan’s son, Doug, and his wife, Jeannette, and step-granddaughters, Lily and Avery; grandson, Adam Weigand and his sons, Stan’s great-grandsons, Wade and Roy; granddaughter, Shauna and her husband, Ken Berliner, and great-granddaughters, Taylor and Charlie; Stan’s son Scott, granddaughter, Tyler and her husband, Chris Green, and great-granddaughters, Tatem and Caydence; and granddaughter, Blake Weigand and great-grandson, Wyatt. Stan has a large extended family of many nieces, nephews, longtime friends and admirers.

Stan Weigand epitomized the “cowboy way” through honesty, integrity, as a land steward, a herdsman and by being a gentleman. Stan lives the life he always wanted, to be a cowboy and a rancher in the community pioneered by his family in Big Valley. Stan was a gentle soul, always willing to help, a leader in the cattle industry, and a wonderful father and devoted husband.