A milestone day for a former Redondo Beach teacher, Esther Weber
by Garth Meyer Esther Weber of Redondo Beach is 100 ¾. A retired, longtime Redondo Beach school teacher, she first moved here in 1950. Her husband died when he was 97. “A husband who made sure I wasn’t dating any other guy,” Weber said. “I was going with a fellow – a high school boyfriend, his parents were actors. I eventually met my husband at the tennis court. I was there with my Jewish girlfriend. He figured out what I liked to do. He made sure he had tickets for anything happening in the Cleveland area, so when my boyfriends wanted to take me out, I was always busy. The rascal.” “You can use that idea when you’re just writing about somebody else.” Esther joined the Redondo Beach Elks Lodge two years ago. She told of turning 100 last June 23, marked by a family celebration at Riviera Mexican Cantina, the former site of Blue Moon Saloon. “It came very quickly, I wasn’t expecting it, I wasn’t ready,” she said. “Because I’ve got lots of things to do. Now that it appeared, I’ve slowed down quite a bit.” “I’ve always been interested in people,” she said. “I can’t talk to you this week.” She lives on Catalina Avenue. Esther and her late husband, Jack, first came to Los Angeles when…
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