Michael Joseph Weiss Sr., 75 of McMinnville died Wednesday, Sept. 20 at his residence. He was born Aug. 16, 1942, in Toledo, Ohio, was a retired machinist with F.M.C. in Lakeland, Fla., served in the Ohio Army National Guard, was an inventor for the boating industry, a licensed boat captain, a member of Sunny Hills Baptist Church, past president of McMinnville Cruisers, and a volunteer at River Park Hospital. Mr. Weiss was preceded in death by his parents Henry Benjamin Weiss and Dorothy Lucille Walls Weiss Young and stepfather, William Young.Survivors include his wife Carolyn Weiss of McMinnville, children Michael Joseph (Tammy) Weiss Jr. of McMinnville, Mark Alan (Jacqueline) Weiss of Brentwood, and Michele Joann Weiss of Tallahassee, Fla., and grandchildren Cody Lane Weiss, Amanda Lynne Weiss, Mark Alexander Weiss, and Anna Claire Weiss.Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel.