Herold James Weiler
• 12 Apr 1886 - 18 Nov 1945
• Officer Service No: O-156815
• Son of Johann Ludwig (John Lewis) Weiler & Ellen "Nellie" Callahan/Penick
• Husband of Ruby Dawson Houston Weiler
• For additional family information, visit www.woodvorwerk.com/vorwerk/g3/p3131.htm
-- OBITUARY --
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, 20 Nov 1945
Funeral Services Scheduled in Corsicana Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Lt.-Col. H. J. Weiler, 59, of Austin, accidentally killed Sunday near Refugio, will be held from the McCammon Funeral Home chapel Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Robert Kennaugh, rector of St. John's Episcopal church, and Frank J. Dunn, minister of the Fifth Avenue Church of Christ. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wichita Falls and American Legion Post 316 at Austin.
Col. Weiler went duck hunting with his son Lt. Col. John Weiler, also of Austin, early Sunday morning, and the elder hunter had fallen asleep, according to Associated Press dispatches relative to thye accident, when a motorist driving through the field crashed through the blind. Col. Weiler died within a few minutes in the arms of his son who was unharmed.
The veteran officer, procurement officer for the state selective service department, a native of Illinois who was reared in Corsicana, was one of the best known military officers in Texas, and was due to go on terminal leave December 29, with full retirement on his sixtieth [See Weiler, Page 2] birthday, April 30, next year. He enlisted in the cavalry in 1907 and was commissioned Feb. 22, 1912. He had border service as a first lieutenant of cavalry beginning May 17, 1916, and was captain in the 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division, in overseas service in World War I. He became commander of the 131st Field Artillery with the rank of colonel, and in 1935, was appointed U. S. Property and disbursing officer of Texas with the rank of lieutenant colonel, QMC, for this service.
In 1940, when the service was federalized, Col. Weiler became the procurement officer for state selective service, an office he held until his death.
Surviving are his wife of Austin, formerly Ruby Houston of Corsicana; two sons, Col. John E. Wiler, Austin, and Lt.-Comdr. H. J. Weiler, Jr., U. S. Navy plane carrier, now en route to Guam in the Pacific; a daughter, Mrs. William Lightsey, Arlington, Va.; eight grandchildren, and two brothers, George W. Weiler, Des Moines, Iowa, and L. F. Weiler, Houston; and other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Otis Nelson, Wichita Falls; John Pugh Humphrey, Wichita Falls; Lt.-Col. Joe M. Daniel, Corsicana; Jerry Daniel, Kerens; Hugh T. Sparks, Major Festus A. Pierce, Percy Blackburn, N. Suttle Roberts and J. A. Sowell, all of Corsicana; Major Hal C. Johnson, Austin, and Ben Lockhart, Austin.
Honorary pallbearers will be officers of the state selective service headquarters in Austin.
• 12 Apr 1886 - 18 Nov 1945
• Officer Service No: O-156815
• Son of Johann Ludwig (John Lewis) Weiler & Ellen "Nellie" Callahan/Penick
• Husband of Ruby Dawson Houston Weiler
• For additional family information, visit www.woodvorwerk.com/vorwerk/g3/p3131.htm
-- OBITUARY --
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, 20 Nov 1945
Funeral Services Scheduled in Corsicana Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Lt.-Col. H. J. Weiler, 59, of Austin, accidentally killed Sunday near Refugio, will be held from the McCammon Funeral Home chapel Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Robert Kennaugh, rector of St. John's Episcopal church, and Frank J. Dunn, minister of the Fifth Avenue Church of Christ. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wichita Falls and American Legion Post 316 at Austin.
Col. Weiler went duck hunting with his son Lt. Col. John Weiler, also of Austin, early Sunday morning, and the elder hunter had fallen asleep, according to Associated Press dispatches relative to thye accident, when a motorist driving through the field crashed through the blind. Col. Weiler died within a few minutes in the arms of his son who was unharmed.
The veteran officer, procurement officer for the state selective service department, a native of Illinois who was reared in Corsicana, was one of the best known military officers in Texas, and was due to go on terminal leave December 29, with full retirement on his sixtieth [See Weiler, Page 2] birthday, April 30, next year. He enlisted in the cavalry in 1907 and was commissioned Feb. 22, 1912. He had border service as a first lieutenant of cavalry beginning May 17, 1916, and was captain in the 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division, in overseas service in World War I. He became commander of the 131st Field Artillery with the rank of colonel, and in 1935, was appointed U. S. Property and disbursing officer of Texas with the rank of lieutenant colonel, QMC, for this service.
In 1940, when the service was federalized, Col. Weiler became the procurement officer for state selective service, an office he held until his death.
Surviving are his wife of Austin, formerly Ruby Houston of Corsicana; two sons, Col. John E. Wiler, Austin, and Lt.-Comdr. H. J. Weiler, Jr., U. S. Navy plane carrier, now en route to Guam in the Pacific; a daughter, Mrs. William Lightsey, Arlington, Va.; eight grandchildren, and two brothers, George W. Weiler, Des Moines, Iowa, and L. F. Weiler, Houston; and other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Otis Nelson, Wichita Falls; John Pugh Humphrey, Wichita Falls; Lt.-Col. Joe M. Daniel, Corsicana; Jerry Daniel, Kerens; Hugh T. Sparks, Major Festus A. Pierce, Percy Blackburn, N. Suttle Roberts and J. A. Sowell, all of Corsicana; Major Hal C. Johnson, Austin, and Ben Lockhart, Austin.
Honorary pallbearers will be officers of the state selective service headquarters in Austin.
Herold James Weiler
• 12 Apr 1886 - 18 Nov 1945
• Officer Service No: O-156815
• Son of Johann Ludwig (John Lewis) Weiler & Ellen "Nellie" Callahan/Penick
• Husband of Ruby Dawson Houston Weiler
• For additional family information, visit www.woodvorwerk.com/vorwerk/g3/p3131.htm
-- OBITUARY --
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, 20 Nov 1945
Funeral Services Scheduled in Corsicana Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Lt.-Col. H. J. Weiler, 59, of Austin, accidentally killed Sunday near Refugio, will be held from the McCammon Funeral Home chapel Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Robert Kennaugh, rector of St. John's Episcopal church, and Frank J. Dunn, minister of the Fifth Avenue Church of Christ. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wichita Falls and American Legion Post 316 at Austin.
Col. Weiler went duck hunting with his son Lt. Col. John Weiler, also of Austin, early Sunday morning, and the elder hunter had fallen asleep, according to Associated Press dispatches relative to thye accident, when a motorist driving through the field crashed through the blind. Col. Weiler died within a few minutes in the arms of his son who was unharmed.
The veteran officer, procurement officer for the state selective service department, a native of Illinois who was reared in Corsicana, was one of the best known military officers in Texas, and was due to go on terminal leave December 29, with full retirement on his sixtieth [See Weiler, Page 2] birthday, April 30, next year. He enlisted in the cavalry in 1907 and was commissioned Feb. 22, 1912. He had border service as a first lieutenant of cavalry beginning May 17, 1916, and was captain in the 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division, in overseas service in World War I. He became commander of the 131st Field Artillery with the rank of colonel, and in 1935, was appointed U. S. Property and disbursing officer of Texas with the rank of lieutenant colonel, QMC, for this service.
In 1940, when the service was federalized, Col. Weiler became the procurement officer for state selective service, an office he held until his death.
Surviving are his wife of Austin, formerly Ruby Houston of Corsicana; two sons, Col. John E. Wiler, Austin, and Lt.-Comdr. H. J. Weiler, Jr., U. S. Navy plane carrier, now en route to Guam in the Pacific; a daughter, Mrs. William Lightsey, Arlington, Va.; eight grandchildren, and two brothers, George W. Weiler, Des Moines, Iowa, and L. F. Weiler, Houston; and other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Otis Nelson, Wichita Falls; John Pugh Humphrey, Wichita Falls; Lt.-Col. Joe M. Daniel, Corsicana; Jerry Daniel, Kerens; Hugh T. Sparks, Major Festus A. Pierce, Percy Blackburn, N. Suttle Roberts and J. A. Sowell, all of Corsicana; Major Hal C. Johnson, Austin, and Ben Lockhart, Austin.
Honorary pallbearers will be officers of the state selective service headquarters in Austin.
• 12 Apr 1886 - 18 Nov 1945
• Officer Service No: O-156815
• Son of Johann Ludwig (John Lewis) Weiler & Ellen "Nellie" Callahan/Penick
• Husband of Ruby Dawson Houston Weiler
• For additional family information, visit www.woodvorwerk.com/vorwerk/g3/p3131.htm
-- OBITUARY --
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, 20 Nov 1945
Funeral Services Scheduled in Corsicana Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Lt.-Col. H. J. Weiler, 59, of Austin, accidentally killed Sunday near Refugio, will be held from the McCammon Funeral Home chapel Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Robert Kennaugh, rector of St. John's Episcopal church, and Frank J. Dunn, minister of the Fifth Avenue Church of Christ. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wichita Falls and American Legion Post 316 at Austin.
Col. Weiler went duck hunting with his son Lt. Col. John Weiler, also of Austin, early Sunday morning, and the elder hunter had fallen asleep, according to Associated Press dispatches relative to thye accident, when a motorist driving through the field crashed through the blind. Col. Weiler died within a few minutes in the arms of his son who was unharmed.
The veteran officer, procurement officer for the state selective service department, a native of Illinois who was reared in Corsicana, was one of the best known military officers in Texas, and was due to go on terminal leave December 29, with full retirement on his sixtieth [See Weiler, Page 2] birthday, April 30, next year. He enlisted in the cavalry in 1907 and was commissioned Feb. 22, 1912. He had border service as a first lieutenant of cavalry beginning May 17, 1916, and was captain in the 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division, in overseas service in World War I. He became commander of the 131st Field Artillery with the rank of colonel, and in 1935, was appointed U. S. Property and disbursing officer of Texas with the rank of lieutenant colonel, QMC, for this service.
In 1940, when the service was federalized, Col. Weiler became the procurement officer for state selective service, an office he held until his death.
Surviving are his wife of Austin, formerly Ruby Houston of Corsicana; two sons, Col. John E. Wiler, Austin, and Lt.-Comdr. H. J. Weiler, Jr., U. S. Navy plane carrier, now en route to Guam in the Pacific; a daughter, Mrs. William Lightsey, Arlington, Va.; eight grandchildren, and two brothers, George W. Weiler, Des Moines, Iowa, and L. F. Weiler, Houston; and other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Otis Nelson, Wichita Falls; John Pugh Humphrey, Wichita Falls; Lt.-Col. Joe M. Daniel, Corsicana; Jerry Daniel, Kerens; Hugh T. Sparks, Major Festus A. Pierce, Percy Blackburn, N. Suttle Roberts and J. A. Sowell, all of Corsicana; Major Hal C. Johnson, Austin, and Ben Lockhart, Austin.
Honorary pallbearers will be officers of the state selective service headquarters in Austin.
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