Frederic Garfield Weir ’28

FRED WEIR, retired common pleas judge of Allegheny County, from 1960 to 1979, and a senior judge in the civil division, from 1978 to 1992, died Feb. 24, 1993, at his home near Pittsburgh. The county coroner announced his death was a result of selfinflicted gunshot wounds. Fred had been known to be despondent over his failing health and the death last year of his wife, Anjeanette. The couple had no children.

Fred was one of the youngest members of our Class, born in Sharpsburg, Penn,, on May 31, 1908~ He had his secondary education at Allegheny H.S. He majored in philosophy at Princeton.

Fred studied law at the Univ. of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1932. He was an assistant U.S. attorney for two years, and a deputy state attorney general for three. He then held a position of assistant city solicitor for eight years. In 1941, he was appointed to the city council to fill out the term of his father, who had died. He was elected and served on the council until 1960, when he was appointed as judge of the Common Pleas Court. Judge Weir enjoyed the law and never shied away from complex cases. He was well respected as a lawyer and a judge, Mayor Masloff, after Fred's death, said, "He was a dedicated public servant, who devoted a lifetime to the city of Pittsburgh."

Fred first married Elizabeth Schuster, who died Feb. 24, 1943. Fred married Anjeanette Hunter on Mar. 21, 1949; they were devoted to each other. Fred's classmates are saddened by his death.

The Class of 1928