Page A-8 THE ENTERPRISE, Lex. Pk., Md., Wednesday/ September 30,1987
William Arthur Wieland, 79, of Hollywood died Sept. 23,1987 at his home.
Mr. Wieland was born Nov. 17,
1907 in New York City, N.Y. He attended Villanova College, then served in the U.S. Cavalry from 1927 to 1928. He lived in Havana, Cuba from 1933 to 1936, where he was a correspondent for the American News Service and later editor of the Havana Post newspaper. He was a press correspondent in the United States from 1937 to 1941.
Mr. Wieland started a long and distinguished career with the state department when, in June 1941, he was appointed special assistant to the U.S. ambassador at Rio de Janeiro, where he served throughout the war. He became a career service officer in 1946 and subsequently served at diplomatic missions in Columbia, El Salvador, Brazil and Ecuador. He also served at various times in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. as special assistant for public affairs in the Bureau of Mer-Anierica Affairs. Later he was the director in the Office of Caribbean Affairs. He served in Canberra, and at the time of retirement in 1968, he was consul general at Melborne, Australia.
Mr. Wieland was an avid gardener and a dedicated member of the Lexington Park Rotary Club where he was recently made a Paul Harris Fellow.
He is survived by his wife, Annemarie Rudel Wieland; two daughters, Lee Dorothy McLane of Easton and Arthura Kathleen Eisele of State College, Pa.; one sister, Dorothy Thorne of Phoenix, Ariz.; and four grandchildren.
A mass of Christian burial was offered Sept. 25 at St. John's Catholic Church in Hollywood. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Brinsfield Funeral Home.
William Arthur Wieland, 79, of Hollywood died Sept. 23,1987 at his home.
Mr. Wieland was born Nov. 17,
1907 in New York City, N.Y. He attended Villanova College, then served in the U.S. Cavalry from 1927 to 1928. He lived in Havana, Cuba from 1933 to 1936, where he was a correspondent for the American News Service and later editor of the Havana Post newspaper. He was a press correspondent in the United States from 1937 to 1941.
Mr. Wieland started a long and distinguished career with the state department when, in June 1941, he was appointed special assistant to the U.S. ambassador at Rio de Janeiro, where he served throughout the war. He became a career service officer in 1946 and subsequently served at diplomatic missions in Columbia, El Salvador, Brazil and Ecuador. He also served at various times in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. as special assistant for public affairs in the Bureau of Mer-Anierica Affairs. Later he was the director in the Office of Caribbean Affairs. He served in Canberra, and at the time of retirement in 1968, he was consul general at Melborne, Australia.
Mr. Wieland was an avid gardener and a dedicated member of the Lexington Park Rotary Club where he was recently made a Paul Harris Fellow.
He is survived by his wife, Annemarie Rudel Wieland; two daughters, Lee Dorothy McLane of Easton and Arthura Kathleen Eisele of State College, Pa.; one sister, Dorothy Thorne of Phoenix, Ariz.; and four grandchildren.
A mass of Christian burial was offered Sept. 25 at St. John's Catholic Church in Hollywood. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Brinsfield Funeral Home.
Page A-8 THE ENTERPRISE, Lex. Pk., Md., Wednesday/ September 30,1987
William Arthur Wieland, 79, of Hollywood died Sept. 23,1987 at his home.
Mr. Wieland was born Nov. 17,
1907 in New York City, N.Y. He attended Villanova College, then served in the U.S. Cavalry from 1927 to 1928. He lived in Havana, Cuba from 1933 to 1936, where he was a correspondent for the American News Service and later editor of the Havana Post newspaper. He was a press correspondent in the United States from 1937 to 1941.
Mr. Wieland started a long and distinguished career with the state department when, in June 1941, he was appointed special assistant to the U.S. ambassador at Rio de Janeiro, where he served throughout the war. He became a career service officer in 1946 and subsequently served at diplomatic missions in Columbia, El Salvador, Brazil and Ecuador. He also served at various times in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. as special assistant for public affairs in the Bureau of Mer-Anierica Affairs. Later he was the director in the Office of Caribbean Affairs. He served in Canberra, and at the time of retirement in 1968, he was consul general at Melborne, Australia.
Mr. Wieland was an avid gardener and a dedicated member of the Lexington Park Rotary Club where he was recently made a Paul Harris Fellow.
He is survived by his wife, Annemarie Rudel Wieland; two daughters, Lee Dorothy McLane of Easton and Arthura Kathleen Eisele of State College, Pa.; one sister, Dorothy Thorne of Phoenix, Ariz.; and four grandchildren.
A mass of Christian burial was offered Sept. 25 at St. John's Catholic Church in Hollywood. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Brinsfield Funeral Home.
William Arthur Wieland, 79, of Hollywood died Sept. 23,1987 at his home.
Mr. Wieland was born Nov. 17,
1907 in New York City, N.Y. He attended Villanova College, then served in the U.S. Cavalry from 1927 to 1928. He lived in Havana, Cuba from 1933 to 1936, where he was a correspondent for the American News Service and later editor of the Havana Post newspaper. He was a press correspondent in the United States from 1937 to 1941.
Mr. Wieland started a long and distinguished career with the state department when, in June 1941, he was appointed special assistant to the U.S. ambassador at Rio de Janeiro, where he served throughout the war. He became a career service officer in 1946 and subsequently served at diplomatic missions in Columbia, El Salvador, Brazil and Ecuador. He also served at various times in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. as special assistant for public affairs in the Bureau of Mer-Anierica Affairs. Later he was the director in the Office of Caribbean Affairs. He served in Canberra, and at the time of retirement in 1968, he was consul general at Melborne, Australia.
Mr. Wieland was an avid gardener and a dedicated member of the Lexington Park Rotary Club where he was recently made a Paul Harris Fellow.
He is survived by his wife, Annemarie Rudel Wieland; two daughters, Lee Dorothy McLane of Easton and Arthura Kathleen Eisele of State College, Pa.; one sister, Dorothy Thorne of Phoenix, Ariz.; and four grandchildren.
A mass of Christian burial was offered Sept. 25 at St. John's Catholic Church in Hollywood. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Brinsfield Funeral Home.
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