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- William (Bill) was raised in Oto Iowa and learned Farming at a young age. As a boy, William recalled building a radio from scratch with his friend Wayne Kemp. The family also tells me he and some friends put together a boat in the school basement, only later to find out it was too large to get out. Later as a young man he was able to get a try outwith the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. He ended up not making the team after throwing out his arm. In 1937 he and some friends traveled west by car and found work in California as farm hands near Stockton. Bill also worked as a Lumber Jack & as a Boiler Operator at a sugar refinery in Hamilton City. Eventually Bill worked as a carpenter and for the Chico, Ca. school district as the maintenance superintendent.
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Obituary #1, Chico Enterprise Record, October 18, 2000.
http://www.chicoer.com/archives/i ndex.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2000/October/18-178-wise.txt
William Wise
A graveside service for William Arthur Wise, 91, of Chico, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 20, in Glen Oaks Memorial Park.
He died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2000, at his home.
Wise was born Sept. 12, 1909, to Arthur and Rickie Wise in Whiting, Iowa.
In 1937, he married Alma Aufort in Reno.
He moved to California from Iowa in 1936 and worked for the Holly Sugar Plant in Hamilton City.
He was a carpenter until 1954, when he started work for Chico Unified School District as a superintendent of buildings and grounds. He retired in 1972.
Wise was a member of Butte County Deputy Sheriff's Reserve, Butte County Search and Rescue, Chico-Leland Stanford Masonic Lodge, No. 111, Black Butte Scottish Rite Club, and was life member and past president of the Chico Rod and Gun Club, the Chico Shrine Club and the Ben Ali Temple of the Nobles of Mystic Shrine.
His hobbies included hunting, fishing, traveling and carpentry.
Survivors include his wife, Alma of Chico; a daughter, Mary Briggs of Chico; a son, Richard of Reno, Nev.; a brother, Harold of Akron, Colo.; five sisters, Ethel Wise of Akron, Edna Barcal of Phoenix, Ariz., Myrtle Eggers of Primghar, Iowa, Alice Alexander of Pleasant Hill, and Betty Guida of Denver, Colo.; and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, in care of Brusie Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements.
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Obituary #2, Sioux City Journal, Dec. 1, 2000.
http://www.trib.com/scjournal/ARC/2000/DEC/Dec_1_00_Fri/almanac/obit.html
William Wise
OTO, Iowa - William "Bill" Wise, 91, of Chico, Calif., formerly of Oto, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2000, at his residence.
Graveside service were held Friday, Oct. 20, in Glen Oaks Memorial Park in California.
Mr. Wise was born Sept. 12, 1909, in Whiting, Iowa, the son of Arthur and Rickie Wise. He graduated from Oto Public School. He moved to California in 1936 and was employed with Holly Sugar Plant in Hamilton City, Calif.
He married Alma Aufort of Corning, Calif., in 1937. He was a carpenter until 1954, when he began work for Chico Unified School District as a superintendent of building and grounds. He retired in 1972.
He was a member of Butte County Deputy Sheriff's Reserve, Butte County Search and Rescue, Chico-Leland Stanford Masonic Lodge 111, Black Butte Scottish Rite Club, Chico Rod and Gun Club, where he was a former president, Chico Shrine Club and Ben Ali Temple of the Nobles of Mystic Shrine. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling and carpentry.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mary Briggs of Chico; a son, Richard of Reno, Nev.; a brother, Harold of Akron, Colo.; five sisters, Ethel Wise of Akron, Colo., Edna Barcal of Phoenix, Ariz., Myrtle Eggers of Primghar, Iowa, Alice Alexander of Pleasant Hill, Calif., and Betty Guida of Denver; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Philip; and two brothers, Wayne and Arthur.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1909 - 2000 (91 years)