Chris Weise
Christian Stanley Weise died in a Kirkland Washington hospital after a very brief illness. He was 56 years old.
Born to Harry Weise and Joan (Stanley) Weise in Sonoma California on October 5, 1959. A 5th generation Sonoma Valley resident, Christian was named for his great-great grandfather who settled in Glen Ellen, California in the 1851.
Attending schools in Sonoma and later Santa Rosa, he graduated from Montgomery High School in 1977.
Not long after graduation and following in his father’s footsteps, Chris enlisted in the Air Force where he became a Staff Sergeant and munitions expert. The Air Force sent Chris to Germany where he was stationed for almost 5 years. During that time, he spent time on a naval carrier in the Persian Gulf, Chris was part of a team who armed the aircraft. He also furthered his education in business administration overseas through the University of Maryland.
Chris’ whole life was global, Chris had a great passion for travel and loved developing international business relationships. After the Air Force, Robbins Company sent him on tunneling projects all over the world, including South Africa, the Netherlands and Norway. Later, he worked for a company which sold guidance systems for directional drills. This job once again included global travel, as well as the opportunity to 
continue his education in marketing, management, and product development. Chris was proud to have studied at both Stanford and Harvard’s Business Schools. After a short stint working in the USA as operations officer for AeroGo, Inc., he again found himself traveling. He was in the process of expanding the world markets for AR Modular RF. He had just returned from India a week before he died.
He married Kristin Malia Jeffers on November 6, 1999 in a beautiful ocean side ceremony on Maui. Happily married for 16 years, they have two children, Greta and Beck.
Chris loved socializing with family and friends, riding his Harley Fat Boy, shooting with his buddies, the Walrus Team 6, and planning his next big adventure.
Chris is survived by his loving wife and children. His father Harry (Suzanne), his brother Jake (Denise, Teaguen, Mikayden), cousins Hal, Sue Edwards (Mike), Patty (Ed Hagan), Veronica Coates (Jesse, Holden Campos) and a large Jeffers family that loved him as one of their own.
He was preceded in death by his mother Joan Stanley and step-dad Peter Quinn.
A private celebration of life is planned for June 3rd so please raise a glass and toast to Christian and his joyful, adventurous life.