A Bray Park father-of-three is being remembered for always being there for his family and community

A Moreton Bay father, who fought cancer for eight years, nine months and 17 days before his death last week, managed to hold on for one last family adventure before being surrounded by 90 loved ones in a hospital bed.

A Moreton Bay father who held on to life long enough for him to enjoy one final family holiday with this three young children was surrounded by a staggering 90 friends and family in his final days.

Bray Park Wilfred Weller man and brain cancer patient Wilfred Weller and his family — wife Hazel, daughters Gretchen and Gabbi and son Angus — visited SeaWorld together from August 26-29 for what would be their last trip away as a family, before the tumours he had been fighting for eight long years finally took his life on September 10.

The father-of-three — so well-loved he was visited by 90 family and friends in his final days in hospital — will be remembered as someone who always showed up for anyone that needed a hand.

Mr Weller battled through two brain surgeries to remove tumours, three rounds of chemotherapy and two rounds of radiation treatment over eight years.

In the time since his passing, Mrs Weller said her family had been inundated with support from members their church, Citipointe Church Clontarf, who were there when he passed and have since provided meals and support.

Mrs Weller said their three children — aged, five, seven and nine — had some amazing plans in the wake of their father’s death.

“We’ve been talking that the best way to honour daddy is to do what we would’ve done if he was here and well,” Mrs Weller said.

“Go on adventures, honour him well and when we miss him we say we miss him, we talk and remember.

“Wil was a great dad, authentic and he showed up for the kids, his mates and his family, no matter how he was feeling.

“We had eight years, nine months and 17 days from his diagnosis of having a brain tumour, that he fought every day for.

“He kept getting given life sentences and he just kept blitzing them out of the water, that’s how determined he was to show up for his kids and me.”

Wilfred and Hazel Weller with their three children Gretchen, Gabbi and Angus. Picture: Contributed

On Christmas Eve 2013, Mr Weller had a cycling accident, suffering a concussion that led doctors to order a CT scan, which revealed a golf ball sized tumour.

He underwent surgery to remove it two months later.

He and the family endured eight years of seizures and flare-ups until February 2021, when another surgery removed a grade four tumour.

Mr Weller went into chemotherapy and radiation, eventually losing use of the left hand side of his body — Mrs Weller said the last 18-20 months of her husband’s life hit the hardest.

Wilfred and Hazel Weller with their three children Gretchen, Gabbi and Angus. Picture: Contributed

“They took out a chunk and then six months later it was back at big marble size, then three months on it was at what I like to call a misshapen tennis ball size,” Mrs Weller said.

“It (the tumour) rapidly grew this year to the point where the pressure was to much in his head.”

Before then, Mr Weller had loved to sing and performed in many church productions.

“During the last eight-nine years he studied and became an enrolled nurse while having a brain tumour,” Mrs Weller said.

“He commenced working his dream job as a scrub scout at the Wesley Hospital and had to give that away because he started having symptoms and seizures from the tumour.

“I became the sole-income earner for the family, apart from those small stints but we have had our church community who have just rallied behind us.

“Anytime of the night and day I’ve got people we can call who will drop everything and watch our kids.

“People that just genuinely care and love us have showed up.”

Mrs Weller said her husband passed in a hospital room at complete peace, with no stress or anxiety felt about what was coming.

A public funeral will be held at the Citipointe Church Clontarf, September 19 from 11am.

A Go Fund Me has also been set up to support Hazel and their children.