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Arthur (Art) Weisberg was born in Williamsburg, NY in Brooklyn. To mother Gussie, and father Phillip. He was the first born child of the couple who had newly immigrated. A few years later his brother Fred was born. at this time his father had left the family leaving Art the man of the house. As soon as he could he got a job to support his poor family. At 18 he enlisted in WWII. He fought in France, and help exterminate camps. As soon as he came back to the US he enrolled in college, city college, and graduated 4 years after. He ended up in West Virginia where he met his wife Joan Meyer Weisberg at the local synagogue. Joan was a sweet and beautiful girl who was the oldest of her family, her younger brother Steven was just 2 years behind her. Art was not as beautiful as Joan but his New York can do attitude brought her in. The Meyer family was shocked when they met Art, because of how different he was, but Joan loved him so they married. The couple settled in Huntington, West Virginia in a small apartment. Fred, Art's brother, and Joan, Fred's wife, followed Art and Joan. Art and Joan had a child, Phyllis who died soon after child birth, this was very hard on the young couple but didn't hold them back. They soon after had Pamela Lynn Weisberg, there oldest daughter, born in 1956. She was beyond intelligence. She attended Exeter, for high School, then attended Brown University, and completed her educational journey at NYU where she received her law degree. she currently has two children, Simon weisberg (1999), and Kalman Weisberg (2002). Next, came Martha. Martha was the life of the party. She was kind and a jokester.She attended university of Miami in Florida, and received her accounting degree. she got married to Mark Barvin in Houston, Texas, and had three children. Eric Barvin, Josh Barvin, and Daniel Barvin. and is a grandmother now to 5 grandchildren. A few years later came Louis Weisberg. He attended Vanderbilt university. He is now the president of the family business, Service Wire Company. he lives with his wife Liz in Charleston, WV, and has two daughters, Trish Weisberg, and Marlo Weisberg (who both currently live in Texas). Next came Seth Weisberg. He attended Washington University, and met his wife Rivka Weisberg, they had 2 children (Adrian and Moses Weisberg). Finally came Charles Weisberg (1965). He attended Williberham and Monson Academy for boarding School. He went on to Ohio University, and then attended Johnson and Wales. he is currently the senior VP of Service wire Co. He has two children Asher Weisberg (2004) and Samuel Weisberg (2007). Art and Joan at the time of there children's births, the Weisbergs were tight on money. Joan often didn't have money for groceries and Art put all of his money into his business, State Electric and Co. which he ran with his brother. His brother, moved to Florida 10 years after they went into business together. During the 1980's the Weisberg's started seeing success in life. Art moved his mother to WV from NY, and was able to support her. He was able to finally earn enough to support his family, even though most of them were out of the house at this point. He started service wire Company which is still run by three generations of family today. it is the foundation of the company. They expanded to three locations, Phoenix, Culloden, and Houston. Arthur and Joan have 11 grandchildren, and 5 great grand children. Art was known for his hard work. He had very close relationships to his family, and children. His grandchildren looked up to him, and he was a pillar in the family. He brought them together. He was remembered for telling stories and bringing Judaism to Huntington, WV. He donated the Arthur weisberg family engineering complex, and the Arther weisberg engineering lab. He also was a huge supporter of Israel and has donated to AIPAC, and had built a school there.