The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
Prominent Man of City Dies
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plants, particularly in sheet metal | manufacturing. He had been resident of Waterbury for A years, was q charter member of the Wa terbury Lodge of Elks and mem Der of the Concordia Singing .so- ciety. Although he manifested a keen interest he played no active part in politics in his many years of residence in this city.
 | Last May while at his summer home in Laurel Beach. Mir Weyand fell and sustained fractured hip. On July 7th he suffered shock and fingered until today. Intimate friends attributed his decline in health to. his worry over the af- fairs of the Merchants Trust com pany. Mir Weyand took excep- tional pride in his success as a business man and as q banker. He had implicit faith in the Mer- chants Trust company. Under his guidance the bank became one of the leading institutions in this sec- l ton of the country and its stock rose to unprecedented heights. MT | Weyand was one of the largest time the directors voted not to | OPCh At8 uVOA0 6Sho POAAAsSSA ~ " pass into receiyership.
 MT Weyand as first vice presi- l dent, became president of the insti- ! tuition on the death of the late J. E. Smith and devoted considerable Eof his time to g personal super vision of it's affairs. He played no small part in it's development and had looked to it's future success and continued progress with sin- cere confidence. He had hoped to l live to witness its reopening and its re- establishment in the confidence of the public. It is peculiar CO., | incidence that MT Weyand is sec- ond official of the bank to pass away within year of it's close. The late Edward k. Moran, for many years secretary and assistant treas urer, died several months ago.
 The deceased was a native of Staudernheim, Germany. He came to the United States in 1882 and established his residence in Bridge | port. He became associated with the George Drouve company at that time a company which spe- cialized in sheet metal work and filled contracts in all parts of the country. MT Weyand, an expe- rienced employe, realized the pos- abilities of the business and in looking about the state selected Waterbury as an attractive field for personal initiative. His first plant was located on Harrison ave- nue. Later he found larger quar- ters' and located his sheet metal business on Jefferson street. In 1925 he disposed of this particular plant to the present American Sheet Metal company. Four years previous he had established the Henry Weyand company in Brown place and engaged in the same bus mess on larger scale.
 ! One of his life long associates
 ! Paul Lux, founder of the pres
 Lux Clock company. Mir
 and encouraged MT Lux and
 e him considerable financial backing at a time when friendly aid and advice meant everything. The success of the Lux Clock Co to-day is due principally to the ef- forts of both MT Lux and MT Wey- and. Only recently in a financial statement the company declared dividend and announced its inten- tions of carrying on with it's ,pres- cnt working force, which has been only slightly affected in the past year or more.
 | MT Weyand has hosts of friends in Waterbury. His success as business man had not only im- pressed many, but had exacted their respect and admiration for him. His death will be widely re- gretted.
 I The deceased is survived by his wife. Mrs Fannie Weyand and three sons, Carl L., manager of the Henry Weyand company, Har- old w., secretary of the Ameri- can Sheet Metal Works, Inc, and Leonard H. Weyand, also identified with the Henry Weyand company: four grandchildren; one brother, Karl Weyand and one sister, Mrs Peter Conrad, of Staudernheim, Germany.
 l Friends may call at the resi- dence. $40 Piedmont street, Friday afternoon and evening. The fun | QfaI will hn held GafnrAav offar-