Alvin Walter Wiseman, 04 Dec 1933 - 25 Apr 2017

WISEMAN, PRIMLEY, DECKER, CARMAN, ESTES, GAPPA, STOCKS, ADAMS, MCCURDY, BRAINARD

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/8/2017 at 16:54:19

A celebration of life gathering for Alvin W. Wiseman, 82, North English, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Hometown Café, Millersburg. He died Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Marengo Memorial Hospital, Marengo.

Memorials may be made to Holden's Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Powell Funeral Home, North English, is in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Alvin Walter Wiseman, was born Dec. 4, 1933 in Sigourney, the son of Raymond and Hattie Wiseman.

He married Betty Primley and their union was blessed with four children, Randall, Rick, Kimberly and Lori. Alvin worked various jobs including construction, Iowa County Road Crew, custodian at the Millersburg School and was a farm hand. He enjoyed dancing, bar hopping, mushroom hunting, fishing, hunting and telling jokes.

Special thanks to the English Valley Care Center for going above and beyond taking care of him the last several years.

Those left to cherish his memory are his children, Rick (Jolene) Wiseman, Kim Decker and Lori Wiseman; grandchildren, Becky Carmen (Michael), Ricky Wiseman Jr. (Kay), Shane Wiseman (Amanda), Devra Wiseman (Shawn), Kelly Allen (Brett), Amber Decker (Ross), Heather Estes (Kent), Jessica Cole, Karmen Gappa (Nick) and Marissa Stocks (Skyler); 18 great-grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Sandra Wiseman; a brother, Richard (Caroline) Wiseman; a brother-in-law, Clyde Adams; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; a son, Randall Wiseman, two sisters, Pat Adams and Lela McCurdy; and a brother, Keith Wiseman.

Journal Tribune, 03 May 2017 pg 5
The Gazette, 27 Apr 2017, 8a
English Valleys Star, 03 May 2017