Wyse, Roger W. (1921-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Feb 1 p. 13

Birth date: 1921 May 16

text of obituary:

ROGER W. WYSE

Roger W. Wyse, 88, of Wellman, Iowa, died Dec. 16, 2009, at Parkview Manor in Wellman. He was born May 16, 1921, to Arthur and Lillian (Weaver) Wyse in Wayland.

He farmed with his father, taught rural school, and graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College. He received a degree in administration from the University of Iowa. He was an elementary principal at Davis County School for 20 years. He was a Mennonite Weekly Review congregational correspondent for Wayland Mennonite Church for many years.

He married Rachel Graber on Aug. 7, 1949, at Wayland Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Rachel; two daughters, Priscilla Clemens and her husband, Thomas, of Baltimore, Md., and Ramona Wyse Miller and her husband, James, of Wellman; three sons, Arthur Wyse of Kalona; Jeffrey Wyse and his wife, Sheila, of Chicago, and Jerome Wyse and his wife, Lori, of Glendale, Ariz.; a sister, Betty Farrier of Brighton; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Rae.