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Percy Albert Weyer
9 Sep 1910 – 10 Oct 2000
| Birth | 9 Sep 1910 |
| Death | 10 Oct 2000 |
| Cemetery | Sunset Lane Memorial Park Port Orchard , Kitsap County , Washington , USA |
| Added by | Kathy Stroope Veasey on 15 Sep 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76550194 |
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Double stone with Dessima Lois, CENOTAPH
Bio
THIS IS A CENOTAPH (See Memorial number 205156921, for actual burial) Percy Albert Weyer, 90, of Port Orchard, Washington, died on October 10, 2000. he was born in the back of a covered wagon on September 9, 1910, in Toppenish, Washington, to William Albert and Mildred Nancy (Hironimous) Weyer. Percy's known siblings are Cecil Alfred, William Arthur, Beauford A., and Barbara Adeline Weyer. He also had four half siblings, Lotta M., Rosalia M., Aaron M., Weyer, and Harvey U. Walling He and his family moved often, settling in the Baker Valley area, in Oregon. On 18 December 1933, he married Dessima Lois Sutton in LaGrande, Oregon. Percy and Dessima lived in Baker, Oregon and Nampa, Idaho for most of their younger years. Percy enjoyed farming and had a love for horses. He worked various jobs in his life that included dairy farms, cattle ranches, and buying and selling stock. The stockyards were one of Percy's favorite places to be. He once worked for Charlie Gossett, the Governor of Idaho, on his ranch. In 1950, he moved his family to the Puget Sound area. He bought a piece of land and continued his love of farming and animals. He then began work in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, worked there for twenty years in Shop 17, retiring in November 1970. Percy's one of the last of the old-time cowboys. He loved singing old songs, telling stories, and had a great sense of humor. He will truly be missed by all. Percy is survived by his loving wife , Dessima; sons Norman , Marvin, Jack Weyer, and Donald; daughters Shirley and Nancy; twenty two grandchildren and twenty four great-grandchildren. The family will take his ashes to the Nampa, Idaho area at a later date to be scattered by their daughter, Nancy.
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Sweethearts for 71 years If you want to see .. how truelove should be...then look at us
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- Lottie May Weyer Bohannon 1888–1952 FaG
- Rosalia Maria Weyer Brown 1890–1955 FaG
- Aaron Menrath "Gov" Weyer 1892–1976 FaG
- Clara May Walling Yeager 1901–1962 FaG
- Ernest Lee Walling 1903–1974 FaG
- Percy Albert Weyer 1910–2000
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