OBITUARY:
Freeport Journal Standard. Wed., Nov 15 1922
Mrs. Sarah (Keen) Wise, wife of Jacob Wise, died at her late home in Ridott Township Wednesday, Nov. 15, aged 78 years, 6 months and 25 days. After but three days of constant watching at her bedside when hopes and fears alternated in rapid succession, mother, sainted mother, passed to that glorious reward, the Father had prepared for her surrounded by husband and children, thus dying as she loved to live with her family about her. Never were her children blessed with a truer, nobler, purer, more devoted mother than Mrs. Wise was but her motherly love reached further than her own home, being always concerned in the comfort and welfare of all in the community. her memory ever will be an inspiration. Funeral services were held from the Youngs church Friday afternoon, where the deceased held a membership until the congregation disbanded after which she united with the English Reformed church in Freeport. Her advanced age and declining health prevented her from attending serviced regularly for which she so often expressed regret. Rev. Mr. Michaels, her pastor, had charge of the services, taking as his text Isaiah 51:11. Mrs. Bertha Turner and Mrs. Gordon Place sang: "Jesus Lover of My soul," "Rock of Ages," and "Asleep in Jesus." Internment was made in Youngs Cemetery. The Illness which terminated Mrs. Wise's life was an attach of gall stones followed by a paralytic stroke resulting in death Wednesday morning at 7:50 o'clock. Besides the aged hsband she is survived by the following children: Mrs. Kate Bokemeier, Mrs. Jenny Shockey, Mrs. Mary Neuschwander, Mrs. Ada Molter, Mrs. Eudocia Spangler, Mrs. Ethel Fahr, George Wise, Clyde Wise of this vicinity, and Mrs. Etta Hartwig of Bagley, Minn. Mrs. Rebecca Zerby and Daniel have preceded her in death. She also leaves twenty-eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Fries, of Juda, Wis., and Mrs. Rebecca Rodocker of Kansas.

Pale withered hands that for many many years
Had wrought for others, soothed the hurt of tears,
Rocked children's cradles, eased the fever's smart.
Dropped tenderest balm in many an aching heart,
Now stirless folded, like wan rose leaves pressed,
Above the snow and silence of her breast.
In mute appeal they tell of labors done.
And well-earned rest that came at dawn of sun.
From the worn brow the lines of care had swept
As if an angel's kiss, the while she slept.
Had soothed the cobweb wrinkles quite away,
And given back that peace of childhood's day.
And on the lips the faint smile almost said:
"None know life's secret but the happy dead."
So gazing where she lay we knew that pain
And parting could not cleave her soul again.
And we were sure that those who saw her last,
In that dim vista that we call the past,
Who never knew her sick and laid aside,
Remembering best the maiden and the bride,
Had sprig to greet her with the olden speech
The dear sweet names the later lore can teach;
And "welcome home" they cried, and grasped her hands;
So dwells our mother in the best of hands.∼Born in Ashland County, Ohio.
Moved to Green County, Wisconsin-Married Jacob Wise-lived in Illinois the remainder of her life.