Born on a farm near Lima, Ohio, September 14,
1889, one of a family of 12 children of William H. and Mary Keller
Weyer. Educated in public schools of Ada, Ohio. Married to Harriett
Martin of Palestine, Illinois in 1912. Served with 122nd Field
Artillery overseas during WWI and participated in Metz, St. Mihiel
and Muese-Argonne campaigns. Awarded Silver Star with Oak Leaf
Cluster for gallantry in action. Long active in patriotic and
civic organizations he served as Grand Chef de Gare (40 and 8)
in 1939 and as Sous Chef de Chermin de Fer (national vice-commander)
of the organization in 1943. A member of Sanford Brown Post of
The American Legion he was one of four Legionnaires who organized
Missouri Boys State in 1938.
Despite the many honors that accrued to him as
a result of his dedicated and devoted efforts in many and varied
fields of endeavor for his fellowmen, he always believed that
his greatest achievement was never missing a session of Missouri
Boys State until his death in 1977. At the time of his death in
August, 1977, at age 88, he had never missed an Executive Committee
Meeting.
In 1978, a trust fund created solely for the
benefit of Missouri Boys State was created to honor A.B. Weyer
and to provide for the financial future of the program. The A.
B. Weyer Memorial Trust Fund continues to be Boys State's main
source of financial stability and continues to be insurance for
a strong Boys State program for years to come.
