Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Weir, David Lowell June 28, 1963 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dan Lindley danoh19344@hotmail.com and Bob George August 15, 2006, 8:42 am Daily Local News, June 29, 1963 WEIR- On June 28, 1963, David Lowell Weir, husband of Nancy Griffith Weir, in the 24th year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral without further notice from Harold A. Famous Funeral Home, 101 S. Church St., West Chester, Pa., on Wednesday, July 3, 1963, at 2 o’clock E.D.T. Interment Willistown Friends Burial Ground. Friends may call Tuesday evening. Ibid A West Chester man was killed when his car apparently went out of control, struck a tree and flipped over on Rt. 202 in Willistown Township at 8:15 last night. David Weir, 23, of 500 S. Walnut St., was traveling west on the highway, 400 feet east of Sugartown Re, in Willistown Township, when, witness said, his car veered across the road and struck the tree. Weir was pinned between the front seat of his sedan and the steering wheel. Willistown Township police said the car and tree were demolished. The victim was pronounced dead of a crushed chest, body and head injuries by Dr. Andrew J. Lotz, of Paoli. Clifford De Baptiste, deputy coroner from West Chester assisted in the investigation. Malvern fire police and ambulance crew and East Whiteland police assisted Willistown Township Police in freeing the trapped victim from the wreckage. Police sad the east-bound lane of Rt. 202 was closed off for two hours. Weir is survived by his wife, Nancy Griffith Weir, a daughter, Diane, 3, and father, Jesse Weir, all residing at home. He is the 22nd victim to die in an automobile accident in Chester County during 1963. Additional Comments: Note: Route 202 in 1963 was today’s Paoli Pike, not the four lane highway. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb