Dennis Weaver was indeed a lay minister at SRF Lake Shrine, a very beautiful and peaceful place. He lived his beliefs with enthusiasm and harmed nobody. He accomplished good in this world.
He had a wonderful upbringing, though. Born on Route 66 and an OU Sooner, to boot! I'll try to remember to do a stiff-leg limp sometime soon in remembrance. I don't know a kid who didn't imitate that at one time or another, along with the "Mister Dillon, Mister Dillon!"
I ran across his web page a couple of years ago which talked about his daughter-in-law's death--killed by that driver who ran into the Farmer's Market. Dennis had started some sort of charity in her memory. I remember being kind of surprised at the New Ageyness of it, but he seemed like the good person I always thought he was.
I didn't watch McCloud all that much, but remember that he was from Taos in that show, though he was in NYC, and my friends in that area of NM used to talk about it. And when he teamed with Opie's brother in Gentle Ben, that was another Okie pairing.
RIP, Chester Goode!