OBIT: Alfred Joseph WEIMER, 1945, native of Somerset County, PA

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ALFRED JOSEPH WEIMER

  Alfred Joseph Weimer, died at his home on Gettysburg, Route 1, on Saturday, 
October 6th, of carcinoma.  He had been in ill health for a number of years 
prior to his death, and had moved from Salisbury to his old home, where he died. 
  Mr. Weimer was born in Greenville Township, a son of Ozias and Elizabeth 
(Breig) Weimer, on January 7, 1880.  He was aged 65 years, 8 months and 29 days 
at his death.  After his sister, Mary, had met and married Eugene Althoff of 
Gettysburg, he met Mr. Althoff's sister, Blanche Mary, and married her at 
nuptial high mass in St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Taneytown, Maryland, on 
November 19, 1907.  His sister, Martha, married another brother, Leo, after 
World War I, when he returned from service overseas.  His wife preceded him in 
death by 22 months, having died on December 15, 1943.
  About five years after his marriage, Mr. Weimer moved to Salisbury, where he 
lived until just a few years ago, when his health began to fail.  His four 
younger sons all resided here until three of them entered the service of their 
country, in the last war.
  He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Elizabeth Maust, and John P. 
Weimer, both of Gettysburg, Route 1; Joseph B. Weimer, Salisbury; T/Sgt Ozias 
Weimer, with the Army Engineers in Europe and alerted for return to the States; 
Wilbur F. Weimer, just discharged from the Army, and M/Sgt Robert Leo Weimer, 
home on furlough from the Army Air Force; by six grandchildren; and by the 
following brothers and sisters: Edward F. Weimer, Avilton, Md.; George C. 
Weimer, Frostburg, Md.; Annie, wife of Thomas McKenzie, Avilton, Md.; Mary, wife 
of Eugene Althoff, and Martha, wife of Leo Althoff, both of Gettysburg, Route 1; 
Esther, wife of Alvin Garlitz, Birmingham, Mich.; James H. Weimer of Mt. Savage, 
Md., and John A., Lawrence and Anthony Weimer, Greenville Township, and a 
sister, Mary Veronica of the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Mary's Convent, at St. 
Claire, Pa.  He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bernard and Samuel, and 
one sister, Agnes, wife of Joseph Merchberger, Detroit, Mich.
  Requiem high mass was sung at St. Joseph's Church at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 
October 10th.  Interment in the St. Joseph's Cemetery at Taneytown, Md., in 
charge of Bender & Son, funeral directors of Gettysburg.

Meyersdale Republican, October 18, 1945