OBITUARY FROM THE LIBERTY VINDICATOR, Thursday, May 21, 1964
JOE WISEGERBER RITES HELD AT DAYTON SATURDAY
DAYTON--Funeral services for Joe Wisegerber, prominent rice farmer, rancher, and owner the Rice Growers Tractor and Equipment Company, were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, in the First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. Aldous Smith and Rev. R. C. Hammock, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Mr. Wisegerber, 60, died at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in Dayton Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.
A native of Plantersville, he had been a rice farmer since 1919 and was a member of the Texas Rice Promotion Association, American Rice Growers, Dayton Division and the Richmond Production Credit Association.
He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Dayton.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Maggie Wisegerber, and one son, Lester Ray Wisegerber, both of Dayton; one daughters, Mrs. Barbara Van Deventer of Liberty; three brothers, Adam Wisegerber of Alvin, Ralph Wisegerber of Crosby, and Rudolph Wisegerber of Galveston; five sisters, Mrs. Lizzie DeYoung of Beaumont, Mrs. Katie Palmer, LaMarque, and Mrs. Rosie Heckler, Mrs. Minnie Maris, and Mrs. Maggie Harrison, all of Baytown, and seven grandchildren.
Interment was in Linney Cemetery with James B. Sterling Home in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Roy Seaberg, Vernon Lowe, J. D. Farris, Clodia Cox, Bobby McElvany, Lester Lewis, Anson Rigby, all of Dayton; G. R. McGinty of Crosby and L. Q. Van Deventer of Liberty.
OBITUARY FROM THE LIBERTY VINDICATOR, Thursday, May 21, 1964
JOE WISEGERBER RITES HELD AT DAYTON SATURDAY
DAYTON--Funeral services for Joe Wisegerber, prominent rice farmer, rancher, and owner the Rice Growers Tractor and Equipment Company, were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, in the First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. Aldous Smith and Rev. R. C. Hammock, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Mr. Wisegerber, 60, died at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in Dayton Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.
A native of Plantersville, he had been a rice farmer since 1919 and was a member of the Texas Rice Promotion Association, American Rice Growers, Dayton Division and the Richmond Production Credit Association.
He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Dayton.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Maggie Wisegerber, and one son, Lester Ray Wisegerber, both of Dayton; one daughters, Mrs. Barbara Van Deventer of Liberty; three brothers, Adam Wisegerber of Alvin, Ralph Wisegerber of Crosby, and Rudolph Wisegerber of Galveston; five sisters, Mrs. Lizzie DeYoung of Beaumont, Mrs. Katie Palmer, LaMarque, and Mrs. Rosie Heckler, Mrs. Minnie Maris, and Mrs. Maggie Harrison, all of Baytown, and seven grandchildren.
Interment was in Linney Cemetery with James B. Sterling Home in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Roy Seaberg, Vernon Lowe, J. D. Farris, Clodia Cox, Bobby McElvany, Lester Lewis, Anson Rigby, all of Dayton; G. R. McGinty of Crosby and L. Q. Van Deventer of Liberty.
Family Members
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Elizabeth "Lizzy" Wisegerber DeYoung
1894–1991
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Rosie Wisegerber Heckler
1896–1977
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Walter Wisegerber
1897–1918
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Minnie Wisegerber Maris
1899–1994
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Katherine Wisegerber Roughgarden
1900–1979
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John Wisegerber
1901–1912
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Margaret Wisegerber Harrison
1905–1990
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Adam Frank Wisegerber
1906–1973
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Raphael "Ralph" Wisegerber
1910–1993
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Rudolph Wisegerber
1912–1994
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