Wise, Connie Colleen (Turk) (1941 - 2023)

WISE, KUBELCK, TURK, PAULEY, PRICE, NELSEN, KROHN, MIKELS, ADAMS, BAUERKEMPER, LARSON, KOENIG, PIITTMANN, SZADIS, ROSENTHAL, PARISH, RANDERIS, KUBLECK, BURLEY

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 5/9/2023 at 14:00:41

Name of deceased: Connie Colleen Wise (nee Turk)

Aged: 82 yrs, 2 mo, 19 days

Residence: no information provided

Born: Jan. 31, 1941; rural Shelby, Harrison County, IA

Died: April 18, 2023; location not provided

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Saturday, April 22, 2023; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; burial was in Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA

Survived by: Children, Michele (spouse, Gene) Pauley of Avoca, IA, Mark Wise (spouse, Beth Hargens) of Shelby, IA, Renee (spouse, Clark) Price of Shelby, IA, and Lynette (spouse, Dan) Nelsen of Walnut, IA; grandchildren, Ashley (spouse, Preston) Krohn, Danielle (spouse, Daniel) Mikels, Nicholas (spouse, Kelsi) Adams, Kyle Bauerkemper, Gabe Pauley, Steven Wise, Amber Price, Cassie Price, Bill Price, Dustin (spouse, Lesley) Nelsen, Dakota (spouse, Felicia) Nelsen, Dane (spouse, Beth) Nelsen, Sidney Nelsen, and Kyley Nelsen; 18 great-grandchildren; sister, Virgilene Koenig of Papillion, NE; sisters-in-law, Charlotte Wise, Theota (spouse, Lonn) Nelsen, Carolyn (spouse, Dennis) Piittmann, Margie Szadis, Paula Rosenthal, and Patricia Turk; brothers-in-law, Don Parish, and Gary Randeris; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Virgil and Irene (nee Kubelck) Turk; husband, Francis; parent-in-laws, Paul and B. Beatrice Wise, and Bernadette Kirlin Wise; brothers, Edward "Buzz", Gordon, Wayne, and Larry Turk; sisters, Beverly Turk, LaDonna Parish, and Karen Larson; brothers-in-law, George Wise, Mike Wise, Arthur Burley, and Dave Larson; sisters-in-law, Bernadine Burley, Paula Randeris and Rosanne Turk

Education: Attended Shelby (IA) school until Grade 2, when the family moved to a farm in McClelland, IA. She finished grade school in McClelland and graduated from Underwood (IA) High School with the Class of 1958.

Religious affiliation: Life-long member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA, where she taught CCD classes and participated in many volunteer activities

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Francis Wise; April 14, 1962; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Avoca, IA

Employment: After finishing high school, Connie worked at Mutual of Omaha until 1962; after starting her family, she was a homemaker and a farmer's wife

Hobbies/Interests: Loved attending weekly dances, both before and after her marriage to Francis; enjoyed numerous card clubs, bowling, reading, putting puzzles together, going to the casinos (particularly with her sisters) and enjoyed doing the newspaper's daily crossword puzzle and Sudoku

Sources: pauleyjones.com