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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.
He 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.
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