Arthur Weller

Arthur Austin Weller

Arthur Austin Weller Art, 88 of Roswell, NM passed away Sunday November 13, 2011 in a local hospital. Arthur was born 2823 in Baltimore, MD. He married Jane Richards on December 11, 1945 in the Army Chapel at Brookley Field in Mobile, AL.

Arthur was a WWII veteran as a member of the Army Air Corps.

Graduated Baltimore City College, Commercial Radio Institute, where he became an instructor while attending John Hopkins University.

He worked at White Sands Missile Range for 40 years first as Chief Engineer, Communication Division and then retired in 1978 as Chief Engineer of Plans and Programs. Art was coinventor of Voice Operated Device for Automatic Transmission VODAT, as well as the inventor of many other electronic devices. He made numerous important contributions to the Scientific and Electronics field.

Art had many hobbies and interests, especially in science, electronics and engineering fields. He loved photography and especially enjoyed taking pictures of animals. He was a member of NARF and the Roswell Senior Circle.

He was a resident of El Paso, Texas for 40 years, St. Augustine, FL for 10 years and recently of Roswell, NM.

Art owned and piloted his own Piper Cub.

After retirement from the Missile Range, he designed and built his first computer. He was an associate editor of Micro Journal 68 magazine and often was guest editor for the El Paso, Texas Herald Post, and the St Augustine Record in St. Augustine, Florida.

Art is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Jane Richards Weller son William Weller of Roswell, NM, only darter Jean Weller Taylor of Austin, TX and son Stephen L. Weller and wife, Tori, of Los Alamos, NM. He is also survived by grandsons Joseph Taylor of Austin, TX, Stephen D. Weller of Hot Springs, AR, granddaughters Jacqueline Weller Bentley of Grapevine, TX, Catherine Burkett and husband Scott, of Tucson, AZ and Jessica Paul and husband John also of Tucson, AZ, numerous greatgrandchildren, his sisterinlaw, Marie Weller of Littleton, Colorado, and his too much loved cats, Sally Anne and Sammy.

Arthur Weller was predeceased by parents Louis C. Weller and Fannie Nelson Weller, and brother Louis C. Weller, Jr.

Memorial service will take place at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in Texas.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at www.ballardfuneralhome.com

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