John W. Weiner, of Scotia passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, with his family by his side at his home in rural Scotia, Nebraska at the age of 70.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 16, 2026, at the Ord Memorial Chapel. Pastor Bruce Phillips will officiate. Private Inurnment will take place at a later date in the Hillside Cemetery at North Loup, Nebraska. Memorials are suggested to the Family’s Choice. Ord Memorial Chapel is assisting with the arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.ordmemorialchapel.com
John William Weiner (name at birth, Dennis Dale Timmons) was born to Jesslyn (Jones) and Dale Orvil “Red” Timmons on April 26, 1955, at Ord, Nebraska. The family resided near Ord at the time of his birth. John attended school at North Loup-Scotia Elementary and graduated from North Loup-Scotia High School in 1973. Other schools attended were in Council Bluffs and Pleasant Valley, Iowa. John’s name was changed from Dennis Dale “Butch” Timmons to John William Weiner when Jesslyn married Larry Weiner and Larry adopted John.
John married Pamela Irvin at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Grand Island, Nebraska. John was working for Wheeler’s in Hastings at the time then transferred to Bridgeport, Nebraska, working as manager of the Bridgeport Wheeler’s Store. Later they moved to the Hawthorne Ranch north of Taylor where John was employed from 1980-1983. John and Pamela divorced after moving to Ravenna.
John moved to Oregon where he reunited with his biological father, Dale “Red” Timmons who later passed away from Polycystic Kidney Disease.
John married Louise Cogburn shortly after moving to Oregon and became the loving father to her four children, Don, Chris, Nicholas, and Lacee. He considered them to be his own as they considered him to be their Dad. This union ended after seventeen years, and John returned to Nebraska to begin Dialysis for Polycystic Kidney Disease.
John met his cousin, Tammy Timmons at a family reunion in Colorado and after finding she was a match for John’s kidney transplant, she generously saved John’s life on October 16, 2007, by donating her kidney. Tammy gave John eighteen more years, in which John treasured every moment given. In return, John gifted his Harley Davidson to Tammy, that she learned to ride and continues to ride to this day.
Shortly after his transplant, John and Shannon Adams-Webber began dating; eventually getting married on March 29, 2020. John then became a father to her children, Sophia Sierks Held and Brady Sierks and grandfather to her grandchildren, Rainna Rose Sierks, Lyla Faye Sierks, Ezra Thomas Sierks, Ella Kathryn Held, Tyla Shannon Held, and Livia Ann Held.
John belonged to AGC-International Union of Operating Engineers as well as Locals 302 & 612 of the International Union of Operating Engineers. John was an honorary member of the BFE/MC Bike Club based out of Seattle/Tacoma Washington.
John loved his country and traveled thousands of miles on his Harley beholding the beauty this world offers in nature and history. John enjoyed the freedom he felt while riding across this country with his fellow biker friends.
John especially valued his work life and supervised major jobs in the Oregon and Washington area. While on dialysis, he worked as an operator for Roger Frahm and in most recent years at Ulrich Gravel.
After moving back from Washington, John bought the bar in North Loup and called it “Gertie’s” in memory of his grandmother. He owned and managed many rental properties. John’s work life involved many work experiences. He was proud of his accomplishments and was held in high esteem for his talents. John was a well-respected operator as he was meticulous and a master operator.
John was an avid reader and especially enjoyed reading everything by Louis L’Amour. He was a kind, tender, and gracious man; he was larger than life and people gravitated toward him with his quiet, humble, generous nature. John had a way with animals and children with his gentle spirit, and he especially loved his horses, dogs and grandchildren. To know John was to love John. John’s friend Big Bill said it best, “John sucked the marrow out of the bones of life treasuring every moment and everybody.” John will be remembered with love in our hearts for being not just a good man but a great man…one of the best we have ever known!
Survivors include his wife, Shannon (Pollard) Adams-Webber of Scotia; sisters, Barbra Rilko of North Loup, and Laralee Sukup (Glenn) of Grant; son, Christopher (Cim) Cogburn of Kelso, Washington; daughter, Lacee (Paul) Cogburn Odermann of the Kingdom of Bahrain; son, Brady Sierks of Palmer; daughter, Sophia Sierks (Jason) Held of Dunning; grandchildren, Brianna Cogburn, Brenden Cogburn, Kyler Small, Logan Oderman, Mason Oderman, Rainna Rose Sierks, Lyla Faye Sierks, Ezra Thomas Sierks, Ella Kathryn Held, Tyla Shannon Held, and Livia Ann Held; sisters-in-law Shirley Pollard (Thad Fitch) of Hermosa, South Dakota, Eileen (Scott) King of Kearney, and Casey (Jim) Weber of Burwell, brother-in-law, Shane Pollard of Valentine; nephews and nieces, Orrin (Kortnee)Seidel, Kellee (Wayne) Janitscheck, Tyler Seidel, Melissa Seidel, James Weber, Ashton (Joan) Weber, Zann (Abi) King, Jennifer (Alec) Simmons, and Fletcher Pollard; great nieces and nephews, Parker Seidel, Mollee Seidel, Addilyn Janitscheck, Ivy Janitscheck, Everlee Janitscheck, Link Sparr, Laythan Harmon, Henry, Greyson, Penelope, Magdalena, Clyde and Dorothy Weber, Forest King, and Caleb, Francis, and Zeena Weber; his cousin and Kidney Donor, Tammy Timmons; uncle, Gordon Timmons; and special relatives, Sonny Perkins and Peggy Worm. John had a multitude of friends that will forever honor him. He leaves behind his “loyal hounds”, Sonny Jay, Koda Joe, and Neukie Ann and his gelding, Jesse.
John joins those that he loved and missed that went before him and preceded him in death. his sons, Don Cogburn and Nicholas Cogburn; his beloved mother, Jesslyn (Jones) Weiner; his biological father, Dale Orvil “Red” Timmons; father, Larry Weiner; mother-in-law, Kathryn Pearl (Predmore) Pollard; father-in-law, Raymond Louis Pollard; cousin, Jesse Worm and his grandparents, John and Gertie (Worm) Jones. He also joins his loyal companion and special dog, Shelby Lynn and his horses, Betty Blue Eye and Nickers.
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