Albert Nealy "Jerk" Webber, Jr.

Albert Nealy “Jerk” Webber, Jr. of Jupiter FL and Chebanse IL passed away Monday, May 30, 2016 at his home in Chebanse. Visitation will be at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais IL from 4-8 PM on Friday, June 3. Services will be at the funeral home on Saturday, June 4 at 10:00 AM. He will be laid to rest next to his daughter in the Evergreen Cemetery in Chebanse IL. Born in Herscher IL on August 14, 1937, he was the only son of Albert Nealy Webber, Sr. and Neda Bernice Doughty-Webber. He married Delores “Dee” R. Vaillancourt on December 20, 1955 in Kankakee IL. At the time of Jerk’s death, they had been married for over 60 years. She survives. Jerk served his country in the Korean war, stationed predominately at Ft. Riley Kansas. Upon discharge from the Army he went to work driving a truck for his father. He then stayed active in the trucking industry until the time of his death, 58 years later. Jerk was a pioneer in the deregulation of the transportation industry, taking a small company named after his father, consisting of eleven trucks hauling stone locally, to a peak of 200 trucks under the name of A.N. Webber, Inc. The company has transported freight throughout all of North America through terminals in four states and employing over 300 people. In 1991 he took a major risk, purchasing the former A.O. Smith Water Heater building in Kankakee IL. He then created a successful industrial business park, named South Tec Development Corp. Today, the structure comprises six major manufacturers, public warehousing and several office tenants. It attractively anchors the south side of Kankakee, employing over 350 people. Jerk loved boating, fishing, nature, yard work, and above all, golfing. He was a 35+ year member of both the Kankakee Country Club and the Elks CC. Additionally, he was a member of the Johnathan’s Landing CC in Jupiter FL. One of his fondest memories was playing Augusta National, home of the Masters, with the owner of the Peterbilt Trucks company. A charitable man, over many years in business he contributed generously to just about any organization that knocked on his door. Also surviving Neal are one son, Alan (Dawn) Webber of Bourbonnais IL; one daughter, Kae Webber of Naperville IL; grandchildren Todd (April) Perzee of Chebanse IL; Sarah (Matt) Schore of Chicago IL; Rebeccah Rushing of Bradley IL; Billy Mitchell of Chebanse IL; Shannon (Dan) DePaolo of Bourbonnais IL; Tami (Justin) Bruno of Bourbonnais IL; and Zach (Aly) Webber of Las Vegas NV; great grandchildren Hunter and Ellie Perzee; Rhaya, Ruby, and Gino DePaolo; and Kane and Khya Rushing; one sister Janice (Chuck) Brough of Bethune SC; one brother-in-law Jerry Salzman of Bradley IL, and sisters-in-law Nora Lee Sirois of St. Anne IL and Betty Vaillancourt of LaGrange IN; along with several nieces and nephews. Preceding his death are his parents; daughter Tami Webber; and sisters and brother-in-law’s Sharon (Charles) DeLong, Marlene Salzman, and Sandy (Edward) Henson. Please make memorials or donations to Hospice of Kankakee County or the Evergreen Cemetery in Chebanse IL. Finally, Jerk would like to leave this life with the words, “I Did It My Way.”

Albert Nealy "Jerk" Webber, Jr.

August 14, 1937 - May 30, 2016