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.
