He joined Sidwell's Ice Cream Company in Iowa City and later became one of its owners.
He later organized the firm and four other independent producers of ice cream into the Quality Chek'd Dairy Association.
[1] While not considered a literary stylist on a par with Proust or Dickens, his articles regularly informed readers about odd byways of Iowa City history, teaching about both lost and still-extant historic structures and the mores of another age.
The articles were collected in various bound paperback volumes that were sold to benefit the local Iowa City Lions Club.
The statue was donated by Steve Maxon and Doris Park in 2003, along with sponsors; Iowa City Host Noon Lions Club, Iowa City Public Art Program, Quality Chekd Dairies, and Friends of Irving Weber.