Frances Wyse 1914 - 2004

WYSE, WENGER, GOOD, MILLER, ROTH

Posted By: A.M.W. (email)
Date: 3/2/2006 at 18:43:22

Frances Wyse, 90, of the Parkview Home of Wayland, Iowa, passed away on Friday, December 03, 2004, at the Parkview Home.

Visitation for Mrs. Wyse will be held on Monday, December 6, 2004, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, beginning after 12 noon, where the family will greet friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. that evening. Burial will be in the Bethel Mennonite Cemetery near Wayland, Iowa, at 9:00 a.m., on Tuesday, December 7, 2004, prior to the memorial service, which will be held at 10:30 a.m., at the Pleasant View Mennonite Church in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, with Pastor Bob Hartzler officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to the Pleasant View Mennonite Church and to the Parkview Home.

Frances Elizabeth Wyse was born on July 18, 1914, in Washington County to Edd and Elizabeth Good Wenger. Frances attended Sommers Country School in Washington County. On November 20, 1934, she married Mahlon S. Wyse at her home in Wayland. He preceded her in death on November 25, 1991.

Frances attended church as a child and was baptized in the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church near Wayland, Iowa. In 1950, she transferred her membership with her family, as part of a group from Sugar Creek Mennonite Church who chose to help start the Bethel Mennonite Church. In 1958, she chose to do the same thing, in order to start the Pleasant View Mennonite Church in Mt. Pleasant, where she was a member at the time of her death.

Mrs. Wyse was a homemaker and mother, and later in life both a grandmother and a great-grandmother. She loved spending time with her family. Frances also enjoyed singing, sewing, and quilting. She had a large garden and did a lot of cooking, baking, and canning. She had an artistic talent and always hand drew birthday cards for her grandchildren. She also worked for many years at the J&L Steakhouse in Mt. Pleasant.

Mrs. Wyse is survived by three sons, Gene Wyse and his wife Alice of rural Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Ronald J. Wyse and his wife Barbara of rural Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Richard Wyse of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; two daughters, Sharon and her husband Duane Miller of Ambler, Pennsylvania, and Rebecca J. Wyse of San Mateo, California; one sister, Margaret and her husband Glen Richard of Mt. Pleasant; and one brother, Clarence Wenger and his wife Dorothy of Wayland, Iowa. She also has 7 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Along with her husband, she has been preceded in death by a grandson, Curt Wyse; a sister, Minnie Roth; and a brother, Elmer, in infancy.

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