Ruth Wise

Ruth Wise, age 85, of Rock City, Illinois passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at her son’s home in Cherry Valley, Illinois surrounded by her loving family. A Private Graveside Service will be held. Memorials may be made to Davis Calvary United Methodist Church, Davis, Illinois; Northwest Illinois Hospice or FHN Hospice.

Ruth was born March 14, 1924, the daughter of Alfred and Katie (Winter) Stadel in Thompson Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. In 1936, Ruth joined the Schapville Presbyterian Church, Schapville, Illinois. She graduated from Scales Mound Illinois High School, Valedictorian of the Class of 1942. Ruth graduated from St. Francis School of Nursing, Freeport, Illinois in 1945. She worked at Hines Veterans Hospital of Chicago during World War II as a Cadet Nurse.

On September 15, 1945, she married Lyle A. Wise in Schapville, Illinois, he passed away in 1985. To this union was born three sons, Jimmy (lost to Polio in 1953), Jerry (lost to heart failure in 1994) and Thomas and wife, Anne of Cherry Valley, Illinois. Ruth and Lyle moved to Davis, Illinois in 1956, where she joined the Davis Calvary United Methodist Church. Ruth was a member for over fifty years, teaching Sunday School and leading the Bible Study Group. In 1987, Ruth moved to the Rock City Illinois Senior Citizens building and became an active member and participant at the Rock City United Methodist Church.

Ruth will be dearly missed by her son, Thomas (Anne) Wise; four grandchildren, Amanda Wise, Jonathan Wise both of Cherry Valley and Michael Wise and Mary Beth Wise both of Rockford; five great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lyle; two sons, Jimmy and Jerry and two great grandsons.