William F. Weiler, who has just completed an elegant two-story brick and stone business building at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Washington Street, which he will occupy as a saloon, was born in Michigan City, April 11, 1858, but has been a resident of LaPorte since 1879. He was educated in the public schools of Michigan City, where he also learned the meat market business. Upon coming to Laporte he formed a partnership with H. Schafering, under the firm name of Schafering & Weiler for three years they conducted a successfully a meat market. In 1882 Mr. Weiler purchased the interest of his partner and continued the business alone for a year, when he disposed of the Market.

In 1886 he engaged in the saloon business at the corner of Washington and Adams Streets and in a short time his place, known as the “Lake Erie Saloon,” became one of the popular establishments in the city. After 18 years there he disposed of the place to Charles Smith and purchased of former Sheriff Bowen the residence at the corner of Main and Jackson Streets, where he now resides with his family. The building which is now being erected by him will be a great improvement to that end of Michigan Avenue and will undoubtedly prosper under Mr. Weiler, for he is a hustler and a man of business ability. He was married in 1880 to Miss Henrietta Saloff and they have four children. – LaPorte Today: Historical, Descriptive, Biographical, Illustrated. (1904).

We could not find an exact death date. A grave marker for W. F. Weiler shows the years 1858–1908 at Pine Lake Cemetery in La Porte. In the 1913 directory, his wife Henrietta is listed as the widow of William F. Weiler.