Weiler, Professor John F.

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• Education - High School: 1939, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Occupation: Bef 14 May 2006; Math professor at Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
• Obituary: 16 May 2006; Appleton Post Crescent

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Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1939

Occupation:
Math professor at Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Obituary:
Professor John F. Weiler, of Stevens Point, age 83, died on Sunday, May 14, 2006, at his residence in Stevens Point, WI. He was born July 11, 1922 in rural Kaukauna, the son of Peter and Margaret (Ott) Weiler. He was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Stevens Point. He received his bachelor's degree from St. Norbert College in West De Pere and a master's degree from UW-Madison.
He did additional graduate study at Cornell University, Western Michigan University, and the University of Georgia.
First a teacher on the secondary level, he served on the faculties of what are now Premontre and Abbot Pennings High Schools in the Green Bay area, and then at public high schools in Crivitz, Elroy, Kiel and Union Grove.
In 1963 he joined the faculty of UW-Stevens Point. He was instrumental in helping develop a math education program to train elementary and secondary teachers. The math education laboratory contains materials for teachers and is the finest facility in the state. He also taught geometry and developed many courses in that area for the university's mathematics major. After a 40 year teaching career he retired but continued to do some part-time teaching at UW-Stevens Point. In his early retirement years he enjoyed some fishing and hunting. He was also a member of the Sierra Club, was involved in community activities and at St. Stanislaus Church.
He is survived by his sisters: Margaret Thiel, Hilbert; Lucy (John) Pohl, Belgium; Julie (Edward) Hoelzel, Neenah; and Cecilia (Francis) Hoelzel, Kaukauna; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Ted Weiler; brother-in-law, Cyril Thiel; his sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Peter Kirk.
John's Mass of Christian Burial will be 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2006, at ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH, in Hollandtown. Burial will be in Parish Cemetery. Friends will be received AT CHURCH on Thursday from 1 p.m. until the time of service.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established. The Boettcher Family Funeral Home, Kaukauna is assisting the family. 766-2099.