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Mervyn Wehe |
1902
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1. Bridge Medal awarded to Mervyn Wehe in 1902
Silver, 34 mm, 20.14 gm
AWARDED TO / Mervyn Wehe / 1902
Mervyn Wehe was born in San Francisco, California, on March 21, 1889.
His father was San Francisco resident Frederick P. Wehe (1864-1908).
Mervyn married Gertrude Langstaff, born 1892, the daughter of William J. Langstaff, the vice-president
of the Dodge, Sweeney & Co., a wholesale dealer of supplies for grocery stores.
Mervyn was a salesman for the company.
Mervyn was a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW) fraternal organization.
From the NSGW newsletter The Grizzly Bear, June 1918 Page 32:
Official Directory of Parlors of the N.S.G.W. San Francisco City and County
Golden Gate, No. 29 - Mervyn Wehe, Pres; Adolph Eberhart, Sec. 188 Carl st., San Francisco;
Mondays: N.S.G.W. Bldg., 414 Mason st.
The Native Sons Building at 414 Mason Street, San Francisco, is still standing.
Mervyn Wehe and Gertrude Wehe both died in October 1918 from the "Spanish Flu".
From The Retail Grocers Advocate, San Francisco, November 1 1918, Page 7:
Langstaff Family Stricken
William J. Langstaff, 422 Belvedere Street, vice-president of Dodge, Sweeny [Sweeney] & Co. is
waging a grim battle against the Spanish influenza which has descended upon his home with all
its fury, sweeping away two members of the family and laying low three others.
A daughter, Gertrude Langstaff Wehe, and her husband, Mervyn Wehe, a popular salesman for
Dodge, Sweeney & Co., both succumbed to the disease, the young wife dying on the afternoon of
the 21st and the husband on the following morning.
They left three children, the oldest of whom, Dorothy, age 5, is now fighting for her life against the
relentless malady that has made her and her brothers orphans.
William J. Langstaff and another daughter, Dorothy Langstaff, an aunt of the little girl mentioned
above, also have the influenza and are in a serious condition.
Mervyn Wehe left two sons, Mervyn Wilson Wehe, and William Gordon Wehe.
Mervyn Wilson Wehe was born in 1914, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1937
and died in October 2000. William Gordon Wehe born in August 1916 and died December 1989.
It is not known if Mervyn's daughter Dorothy Wehe "age 5" survived the disease.
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