Weldon William Jonas was born March 5, 1933, to Hugo and Janie Triesch Jonas. He was born on the family farm in Blanco along the Blanco River where his family raised cotton, corn, sugar cane and made molasses. They all enjoyed bowling and once a month, the family worked at Twin Sisters Dance Hall making and selling hamburgers for twenty-five cents each. He went to school in Blanco and graduated from Blanco High School in 1951. He joined the Navy on July 3, 1951 and would go on to serve his country during the Korean war for 4 years. While in the Navy he traveled the world on the USS O'Bannon, a destroy ship. After serving in the Navy, he came back to Texas and got a job heat treating parts for Dow Chemical Company. He worked for Dow Chemical for 10 years before getting a Civil Service job at Kelly Air force base heat-treating aircraft parts. He lived in Blanco and would drive to San Antonio Texas everyday with his two brothers, Jerome and Maxie and their friend Lee Roy Jung. They all rode together not talking much but would take turns driving. He received awards from Kelly for outstanding attendance, since he was rarely sick and never took days off except to go on the annual hunting trip to Colorado with his brothers and friends. In 1967, He got married to Margaret Dean, became a stepfather to Denise and had a son Ty. He enjoyed playing football, riding his horse, doing leather work, hunting, and fishing. He also enjoyed all the Jonas gatherings, making sausage at Edda and Herman's house, Trail rides, holidays, reunions, barbeques, and fish fries.

Weldon is preceded in death by his parents Hugo and Janie Jonas, brothers, and sisters-in-law: Lee Roy and Lona Jonas, Milton and Laura Jonas, and sisters and brothers-in-law:  Melba and Lee Roy Wagner, Irene and Clinton Beierle and brother-in-law Bob Calhoun.

He is survived by his wife Margaret Dean Jonas, son Ty Jonas and Letty Gonzales, 3 granddaughters Adrianna, great-grandson Tagen Sanford; Megan and Tim Ross and great-grandson Krew; and Kindra Jonas; daughter Denise and Bradley Wagner and grandson Skylar; brothers and sisters-in-law Jerome Jonas and Ruby Young, Maxie and Donna Jonas, sister Maxine Calhoun and many cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Crofts – Crow Funeral Home in Blanco where a celebration of life honoring Mr. Jonas will be held at 2:00 PM that afternoon.  Interment will follow in the Historic Blanco Cemetery.