Doak's name joined Sid Ormsbee's on a stained glass panel in a church in Capitola.

Doak A. Weston was born on May 1, 1918, in Fairbault, Minnesota, to William and Eleanor Weston. At a very early age, Doak accompanied the family in their move to Soquel, California, where he and his younger brother, John, attended school. About 1932 Doak entered Santa Cruz High School and graduated in 1936. The following fall he enrolled in the University of California at Berkeley and graduated about 1940.

Following college Weston married Barbara Peekema and went into the ranching business near Richmond, California. In the succeeding years, the couple had three sons.

In May 1941, Doak Weston entered the US Army Air Force cadet program and began training at Hamilton Field, California. This was followed by additional instruction in Mississippi and Columbus, Ohio, before he earned his wings and commission on December 12, 1942.

In January 1943, Weston reported for duty at the Columbia Army Airbase, South Carolina, and was assigned to a medium bombardment group as a pilot. In February, during a routine training flight, his plane went into an uncontrolled 100-foot plunge into nearby Lake Murray. Out of a crew of six, he was the sole survivor. Following the crash, Weston was found wandering along the shore in a dazed condition and was unable to give any details of the accident.

After his recovery, First Lt. Weston was assigned to the 30th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in Presque Isle, Maine. Later he was posted to the 31st WRS that flew weather-gathering missions between Grenier Field in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Sornoway, England. During the next two years, he was promoted to captain and then major.

On September 24, 1945, while conducting a B-25 test flight near Grenier Field, Doak Weston's plane encountered mechanical problems. He held the aircraft on course long enough for his crew to safely bail out; however, he was killed in the crash. If his remains were recovered their burial location is not known.

A stained glass memorial panel was erected in the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Capitola honoring Doak Weston and Sid Ormsbee, two of their former members.

(USCR, 1920 US Census, MN, Fairbault; SCHSC Pg. 20, SCSn September 25, 1945 1:6)