Ernestine Weier Waldock

Ernestine Weier, sometimes known as Helen Ernestine Weier, was born in Sandusky in 1900, to Henry Weier and his wife, the former Elizabeth Py. She was a 1917 graduate of Sandusky High School. Ernestine began her studies at Lake Erie College in Painesville in 1917. While at Lake Erie College, she was an outstanding athlete on the women’s track team. An article from the Sandusky Register of May 18, 1919 reported that she claimed a school record by hurling the discus 48 feet, 7 ½ inches.

Ernestine graduated from Lake Erie College in June of 1921 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Sadly, in March of 1925, Ernestine’s uncle John Weier and her father Henry Weier, both died. The brothers had both ran the Weier Brothers salvage yard, which had been a successful business in Sandusky. In September of 1925, Ernestine Weier married William Leonard Waldock at the First Reformed Church. The article about the Weier-Waldock wedding indicated that “Because of the recent bereavements in the Weier family, the wedding was marked by simplicity of detail.”

Mrs. Ernestine Weier Waldock died in 1962 at the age of 62. Her final resting place is the Weier family mausoleum at Sandusky’s Oakland Cemetery.