Commodore William F. Weld, '76 died, at his home in Brookline on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Weld died of heart failure, the direct result of a severe attack of diphtheria. He contracted a severe cold while skating, and it developed into diphtheria. It was confidently expected that he would recover but Sunday night he had a relapse from which he was unable to rally.
Mr. Weld received the title of Commodore from the Eastern Yacht Club. He was intensely interested in yachting owning the famous schooner yacht Gitana.
Mr. Weld was a member of the Country Club, and also a member of leading social clubs in Boston, including the Algonquin, Union, Somerset, St. Botolph and Tavern clubs. He was also a member of prominent clubs in New York and Philadelphia.
Mr. Weld was 37 years old. He was born in Boston in 1856, and graduated from Harvard in 1876.
A few years later he married Miss Nellie Winchester, daughter of Mr. Thomas Winchester. He leaves a widow and one brother, Charles G. Weld.
While in Harvard Mr. Weld was very active in athletics, especially in rowing, being a first-class man at single sculling, and on his class crews.
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