Born in Gunnison Utah, Wallace Charles "Bud" Weiser was the second of eight children born to Eliza Maria Wasden Weiser and Charles Switzer Weiser. Siblings were Harry, Roy, Orson, Myrtle, Grace, Pearl and Kenneth. Their family moved often, supported by Charles' wide variety of work and Eliza's very productive homemaking efforts. After they settled in Twin Falls Idaho, Bud struck out on his own at age 12, working in mining and lumber camps as a cook.
He married Elsie Mary Hansen June 8, 1908. Both of them sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Daughter Bernadette Nancy was born at Twin Falls, Idaho February 27, 1909, and son John Wallace was born in Salt Lake City March 18, 1910. Daughter Elsie Gwendolyn was born January 7, 1921 in Spokane, Washington.
The family lived in Twin Falls, Idaho, then in Spokane, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Seattle, and Mercer Island before settling in Puyallup, Washington in 1932. In Puyallup, the family bought a large home on Stewart Avenue across from the railroad tracks, but the house would shake and tremble with the rail traffic. After a year, they moved to a smaller home in Puyallup Gardens where they remained until 1946 operating a small family farm with chickens, raspberries and flowers.
Bud traveled for business in sales and was a member of a quartet that toured the Pantages Vaudeville Circuit from San Francisco to Vancouver, B.C. Canada. He was also an announcer and singer on Radio Stations KJR and KOMO in Seattle. He collaborated with his accompanist Jack Hewitt to write and publish the song "Hello, Seattle, Hello."
He was a member of The Masons. He was also very active with a charitable organization called "Keep Joy Radiating Order of the Bats," who met to practice in a lodge room they called "the Belfry." The group performed regularly on radio and at Christmas time they conducted a program called "The Stocking Fillers," to collect donations for the needy.
He married Elsie Mary Hansen June 8, 1908. Both of them sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Daughter Bernadette Nancy was born at Twin Falls, Idaho February 27, 1909, and son John Wallace was born in Salt Lake City March 18, 1910. Daughter Elsie Gwendolyn was born January 7, 1921 in Spokane, Washington.
The family lived in Twin Falls, Idaho, then in Spokane, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Seattle, and Mercer Island before settling in Puyallup, Washington in 1932. In Puyallup, the family bought a large home on Stewart Avenue across from the railroad tracks, but the house would shake and tremble with the rail traffic. After a year, they moved to a smaller home in Puyallup Gardens where they remained until 1946 operating a small family farm with chickens, raspberries and flowers.
Bud traveled for business in sales and was a member of a quartet that toured the Pantages Vaudeville Circuit from San Francisco to Vancouver, B.C. Canada. He was also an announcer and singer on Radio Stations KJR and KOMO in Seattle. He collaborated with his accompanist Jack Hewitt to write and publish the song "Hello, Seattle, Hello."
He was a member of The Masons. He was also very active with a charitable organization called "Keep Joy Radiating Order of the Bats," who met to practice in a lodge room they called "the Belfry." The group performed regularly on radio and at Christmas time they conducted a program called "The Stocking Fillers," to collect donations for the needy.
Born in Gunnison Utah, Wallace Charles "Bud" Weiser was the second of eight children born to Eliza Maria Wasden Weiser and Charles Switzer Weiser. Siblings were Harry, Roy, Orson, Myrtle, Grace, Pearl and Kenneth. Their family moved often, supported by Charles' wide variety of work and Eliza's very productive homemaking efforts. After they settled in Twin Falls Idaho, Bud struck out on his own at age 12, working in mining and lumber camps as a cook.
He married Elsie Mary Hansen June 8, 1908. Both of them sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Daughter Bernadette Nancy was born at Twin Falls, Idaho February 27, 1909, and son John Wallace was born in Salt Lake City March 18, 1910. Daughter Elsie Gwendolyn was born January 7, 1921 in Spokane, Washington.
The family lived in Twin Falls, Idaho, then in Spokane, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Seattle, and Mercer Island before settling in Puyallup, Washington in 1932. In Puyallup, the family bought a large home on Stewart Avenue across from the railroad tracks, but the house would shake and tremble with the rail traffic. After a year, they moved to a smaller home in Puyallup Gardens where they remained until 1946 operating a small family farm with chickens, raspberries and flowers.
Bud traveled for business in sales and was a member of a quartet that toured the Pantages Vaudeville Circuit from San Francisco to Vancouver, B.C. Canada. He was also an announcer and singer on Radio Stations KJR and KOMO in Seattle. He collaborated with his accompanist Jack Hewitt to write and publish the song "Hello, Seattle, Hello."
He was a member of The Masons. He was also very active with a charitable organization called "Keep Joy Radiating Order of the Bats," who met to practice in a lodge room they called "the Belfry." The group performed regularly on radio and at Christmas time they conducted a program called "The Stocking Fillers," to collect donations for the needy.
He married Elsie Mary Hansen June 8, 1908. Both of them sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Daughter Bernadette Nancy was born at Twin Falls, Idaho February 27, 1909, and son John Wallace was born in Salt Lake City March 18, 1910. Daughter Elsie Gwendolyn was born January 7, 1921 in Spokane, Washington.
The family lived in Twin Falls, Idaho, then in Spokane, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Seattle, and Mercer Island before settling in Puyallup, Washington in 1932. In Puyallup, the family bought a large home on Stewart Avenue across from the railroad tracks, but the house would shake and tremble with the rail traffic. After a year, they moved to a smaller home in Puyallup Gardens where they remained until 1946 operating a small family farm with chickens, raspberries and flowers.
Bud traveled for business in sales and was a member of a quartet that toured the Pantages Vaudeville Circuit from San Francisco to Vancouver, B.C. Canada. He was also an announcer and singer on Radio Stations KJR and KOMO in Seattle. He collaborated with his accompanist Jack Hewitt to write and publish the song "Hello, Seattle, Hello."
He was a member of The Masons. He was also very active with a charitable organization called "Keep Joy Radiating Order of the Bats," who met to practice in a lodge room they called "the Belfry." The group performed regularly on radio and at Christmas time they conducted a program called "The Stocking Fillers," to collect donations for the needy.
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