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Submitted: 12/12/12 • Approved: 12/12/12 • Last Updated: 12/15/12 • R794307-G489468-S3
Bill
US Army
Second Armored Division
November 29, 1922 - Oct 26, 1990
The Baxter Bulletin
October 30, 1990
Services today for 67-year-old Bill Wiseman
Services for 67 year old Bill (William) R. Wiseman, 67, of Mountain Home will be held at 2 p.m. today at the First Christian Church on Eighth and Dryer streets with the Rev. John O. Stewart, and the Rev. Robert Bell officiating. Burial will be at Baxter Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Wiseman, a longtime Mountain Home resident, died Friday (Oct. 26, 1990) as the result of a heart attack at his Quality Ridge farm.
He is survived by his wife, Ferne Wiseman of the home; four children, Michael Wiseman, professor of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wis., Billie Joyce Wiseman, fourth-grade teacher at the Guy Berry Intermediate School in Mountain Home, Capt. William Thimothy Wiseman of the U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and Jennifer Janean Wiseman, a graduate student in astronomy at Harvard Univeristy; and five grandchildren.
Mr. Wiseman was born in Monett, Mo., on Nov. 29, 1922, and spent his childhood in Cassville, Mo., where he married Ferne Wiseman on June 7, 1942.
After he completed his World War II service in Germany in the second Armored Division of the U.S. Army, the Wisemans opened the first of a series of dry goods stores in Wheaton, Mo. After opening and operating stores in Berryville and Harrison, the family moved to Mountain Home in 1952, where they opened Wiseman's Dry Goods Store on the southeast corner of the square. The Wiseman family operated this store from 1952 until its sale in 1969. A related business, Wiseman's Fabric Store was sold in 1973.
Thereafter he devoted a major part of his time to raising cattle on his farm. In addition to work as a merchant and rancher, Mr. Wiseman served as a member of the board of People's Bank and Trust Co. of Mountain Home for 23 years and as a board member of First State Savings Bank for 28 years.
Mr. Wiseman was a 16-year member of the Mountain Home Board of Education and served as chairman of the board for one year. He was a board member for Baxter County Development Corp. for 15 years and was a past president of the Mountain Homes Lion's Club. He also was chairman in the Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce, served on Mountain Home's sewer and water assessment committee, and as a member and chairman of the city Park Commission.
Mr. Wiseman was an active member of the First Christian Church of Mountain Home and has been a member and chairman of the church board. He served as a Bible class teacher, chairman of the finance committee, deacon, elder and trustee. He also seved three terms on the Arkansas Board of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Visitation was Monday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at Roller Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church, Box 37, Mountain Home, Ark. 72653.
Pallbearers are Michael Wiseman, Tim Wiseman, Stuart Wiseman, Chad Haskins, Dale Rowland, Kenneth Goble, Glen Robets and Bill Brite.
Honorary pallbearers are the many friends of Mr. Wiseman.
Velma Ferne Rowland Wiseman
Oct 17, 1924
Nov 30, 2012
From the Roller Funeral Homes Website:
Ferne Wiseman
Long-time Mountain Home resident Velma Ferne (Mrs. B. R.) Wiseman died
Friday, November 30, at the Baxter Regional Medical Center. She was 88.
Born in Artesia, New Mexico, in 1924, Ferne grew up in New Mexico and in
Cassville, Missouri. She married Billy (Bill) Roberts Wiseman in June, 1942;
their first child Michael was born in 1944. After Bill returned from army
service in 1945, the Wisemans, now with a second child Joyce, operated
clothing stores in Wheaton, Missouri and Berryville and Harrison, Arkansas.
They moved to Mountain Home in 1953 to operate Wiseman’s Dry Goods Store,
located on the southeast corner of the square. Eventually the couple opened
a separate fabric store on South Baker Street and a satellite store in
Gainesville that was managed by Ferne.
Two more children, Tim and Jennifer, were born in the 1960s. After selling
the last of their stores in 1973, Bill Wiseman continued on the Boards of
the People’s Bank and First State Building and Loan. The Wisemans began
children and cattle-raising at their Quality Ridge farm. Ferne continued to
live on the farm after Bill’s death in 1990.
Committed Christians, the Wisemans joined the First Christian Church of
Mountain Home upon arrival, and Ferne continued as a member for her
remaining 59 years. She was active in all phases of church life, most
notably Christian education, the Christian Women’s Fellowship, and
especially the conduct of the church’s summer Bible School. She taught and
played piano (by ear) for the Sunday School classes of multiple generations
of Mountain Home families; she “retired” from teaching several times. In
recent years Ferne paid regular visits to local nursing homes to play hymns
and old favorites for the residents.
Ferne Wiseman will be remembered for her good humor, her great faith, and
her dedication to husband and family. She is survived by her four children,
eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Her children include
Michael Wiseman of Arlington, Virginia; Joyce Wiseman of Mountain Home; Tim
Wiseman of Greenville, North Carolina, and Jennifer Wiseman of Reisterstown,
Maryland.
Visitation for Mrs. Wiseman will be from noon – 9:00 PM Thursday at Roller
Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 6 – 8 PM. Funeral
services will be at 10:00 am Friday at First Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ). Burial will be private. Memorials may be made to First Christian
Church, P.O. Box 376, Mountain Home, Arkansas 72654.
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Ron Crawford
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Contributed on 12/12/12
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