Benjamin Herbert Weed
April 12, 1961 - March 5, 2025

It is with great sadness that I announce that Ben passed away at home on hospice from kidney failure in the early morning on March 5, surrounded by his family.

Ben was born in Fortuna to Emery and Mable Weed. He lived most of his life in Ferndale. He had many friends growing up and told me great stories of his childhood living in Ferndale, where his friends know him as Benjy. He was well liked and loved and didn’t have a mean bone in his body.

After graduation, Ben worked for the Humboldt Creamery but didn’t care for it so his dad drove him down to Santa Rosa, where he worked at a couple of different jobs. Then he decided that he wanted to go to Anchorage, Alaska, and he started working for Southern Air Transport. Ben told me this was his favorite job and he worked there for 5 years until the Air Transport became independent contractors, which made it hard for him to stay on.

Ben came back to Ferndale and took care of his mom Mable until she passed. He worked as a painter, painting estimator and finally as a road construction flagger.

I met Ben and we had an instant bond. We had the best time traveling everywhere in California, especially Sacramento, because he knew I loved it there, getting up early and going on nature walks, bird watching and listening to classic rock and dancing until the wee hours of the night and just spending time together, and during Ferndale celebrations you could always find him in our front yard having a BBQ and inviting everyone to join even if he didn’t know them. What a great smile he had.

Ben leaves behind his wife, Nina Diehl, his faithful 2.9 lb teacup yorkie, The Tank, step daughters, Amber (Anthony) Makakoa, Ashliegh (Bryan) Murphy and newly engaged Emily Diehl & Bryan Juentu, his adopted son Linus Zettl, his granddaughters Ashem, Noelle and Mae Makakoa-he loved being their Poppa!, his sister Jaci (Carl) DiStefano, nephew Demetrius (Layla) Distefano, Sister-in-law Rosie Weed & niece Brianna (Ian) Birnam, cousin Scott (Monica) Madden and numerous nephews, cousins and great cousins.

Ben was preceded in death by his dad, Emery Weed, his mom, Mable Weed, his brothers Emery (Butch) and Greg Weed.

Arrangements were made with Sanders Funeral Home/Humboldt Cremation & Funeral Service in Eureka.

Per Ben’s request, no services will be held as he asked that all his family and friends just go out to the beach and drink a cold one in his honor and listen to the Rolling Stones and think of him.

I would like to thank all his family and friends that came to see him before he passed, it meant so much to him to be able to say goodbye to you all. I will miss my Benny terribly, but until we meet again, I will dance and remember how much we loved each other.