Jerry "Baba" Weiss

We honor our tree-hugging, dirt-worshipping Jerry “Baba” Weiss, who peacefully left this earth he so loved and gardened. He spent many years fighting the complications of diabetes with conventional and alternative practices, until surrendering on Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010.

He is survived by his wife, Lynne; three daughters, Julie, Fall, and Sorrel; and sister, Renee.

His passion, his dream, his hope was to teach an appreciation of life through the love or organic gardening. He wrote many garden articles for the Village News and held many gardening workshops at his home. He also co-owned Rocky Pe...