Edgar W. Weir (1902 - 1965)

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Biography

Edgar was born in 1902. He passed away in 1965.

Mattoon Area Deaths

Dr. Edgar W. Weir

ATWOOD, Ill. – Private funeral services for Dr. Edgar W. Weir, 63, the only general practitioner in Atwood since 1929, will be held Saturday at the Born funeral home here. Burial will be in Mackville cemetery.

There will be no visitation.

Dr. Weir died at 9:45 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur, following a heart attack.

A 1928 graduate of the University of Illinois School of Medicine, he served as a major in the U. S. Army for three and a half years during World War II.

Dr. Weir was a member of the United Church of Christ, Atwood, and the board of directors of the Illinois conference. He was also an affiliate of the Piatt County Medical Association and the American Medical Association.

Surviving are his widow; Blanche; a son, Gene, Colombia, Mo.; and a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Walsh Jr., Bement; his mother, Mrs. Meada Weir, Decatur, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Colmey[sic] and Mrs. Leo Ruedge[sic], both of Decatur.

Journal Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, Friday, 9 Jul 1965, Page 3.

Sources

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2LL-MZ7 : 19 February 2021), Edgar Wilkin Wen and Blanche Vivian Kamm, 1926; citing Champaign, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 338,047.

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:KWC1-5PR : Wed Jun 14 09:43:46 UTC 2023), Entry for E W Weir and Blanche Weir, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6X1Y-BGZ3 : Mon Jan 30 00:22:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Edgar W Weir and Blanche V Weir, 1 April 1950.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105229810/edgar-w-weir: accessed 15 June 2023), memorial page for Edgar W Weir (14 Mar 1902–8 Jul 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105229810, citing Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, Piatt County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by DHB (contributor 47915080).