William Booth Wecker

Who was William Booth Wecker?

William Booth Wecker was an American entertainer and all around showman and was also the agent for his wife Bee Kyle the well known high diver.

Will was born in Owensboro, Kentucky the son of a German immigrant father Frank Wecker who was a Confederate drummer boy during the Civil War and Martha Beverly Boehm Wecker a descendant of the Reverend Martin Boehm who helped found the United Methodist Church. He had four brothers George W., Frank, Isidore, and Joseph Wecker, all of whom lived during their adult lives in St. Louis, Missouri. His brother Joe was a friend of Charles Lindbergh and helped pay for his famous flight.

Will Wecker served in the United States Army in France in World War I, and he was a member of the Army of Occupation in Germany after that war. He married Beatrice Kyle, from Maine, who was a high diver, and Will became her manager. They traveled throughout the United States and the world, and he and Bee worked at carnivals and circuses and other shows.

In 1939, she was a featured high diver in a show in Japan.