John Wise, Retired U. P. Boilermaker, is Dead Former Plasterer and Mason Here Worked in Marysville Roundhouse for 22 Years John Wise, well-known retired boilermaker helper, who worked at the Marysville Union Pacific roundhouse for 22 years, died at his home in Blue Rapids Monday, following a lingering illness.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Newton Sherman, Blue Rapids Baptist minister, at the Kinsley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon. Burial was in the Keefover cemetery, where graveside rites were conducted by the Masons.
Mr. Wise retired June 15, 1939, from his railroad employment and a short time later moved to Blue Rapids. He started to work at the roundhouse in Marysville in December, 1917, as a handyman in the night crew.
At the time of his retirement he claimed the record of being one of two men who worked in the old roundhouse and who at that time were working in the newer one. He began working on the day shift in 1922.
When he started work for the railroad, Mr. Wise was a plasterer and mason, the work he followed in Marysville for 23 years.
He was born on a farm in Washington county, just eight miles northwest of Waterville, on June 14, 1874, and moved to Marysville in March, 1894.
He married Miss Annie Clark, Oketo, on February 24, 1904.
Surviving, besides Mrs. Wise, are these children: Mrs. Frances Roberts, San Jose, Calif., Mrs. Martha Fowler, Sylvis Wise and Chester Wise, Marysville, Mrs. Mary Sadler, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Lillian Larabee, Haddam, and John Wise, Jr., Blue Rapids; five brothers; and three sisters.
John Wise, Retired U. P. Boilermaker, is Dead Former Plasterer and Mason Here Worked in Marysville Roundhouse for 22 Years John Wise, well-known retired boilermaker helper, who worked at the Marysville Union Pacific roundhouse for 22 years, died at his home in Blue Rapids Monday, following a lingering illness.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Newton Sherman, Blue Rapids Baptist minister, at the Kinsley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon. Burial was in the Keefover cemetery, where graveside rites were conducted by the Masons.
Mr. Wise retired June 15, 1939, from his railroad employment and a short time later moved to Blue Rapids. He started to work at the roundhouse in Marysville in December, 1917, as a handyman in the night crew.
At the time of his retirement he claimed the record of being one of two men who worked in the old roundhouse and who at that time were working in the newer one. He began working on the day shift in 1922.
When he started work for the railroad, Mr. Wise was a plasterer and mason, the work he followed in Marysville for 23 years.
He was born on a farm in Washington county, just eight miles northwest of Waterville, on June 14, 1874, and moved to Marysville in March, 1894.
He married Miss Annie Clark, Oketo, on February 24, 1904.
Surviving, besides Mrs. Wise, are these children: Mrs. Frances Roberts, San Jose, Calif., Mrs. Martha Fowler, Sylvis Wise and Chester Wise, Marysville, Mrs. Mary Sadler, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Lillian Larabee, Haddam, and John Wise, Jr., Blue Rapids; five brothers; and three sisters.
Family Members
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James Leonard Wise Sr
1876–1953
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Frances Catherine Wise
1878–1887
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George Andrew Wise
1880–1936
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Mary Jane Wise Binder
1882–1977
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Henry Blaine Wise
1884–1964
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Eunice Haney Wise Connett
1886–1948
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Sarah Elizabeth Wise
1888–1968
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Martha Mathilda Wise
1891–1927
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Edward Corneilus Wise
1894–1987
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Edwin R. Wise
1894–1929
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Jefferson D Wise
1900–1981
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