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Frances Elizabeth WENGER

(1911 - Abt 2004)

Mennonite Weekly Review, February 7, 2005, 83rd Year, No. 6, p. 8
Frances Elizabeth Wyse, 90, of Wayland, Iowa, died Dec. 3, 2004, at Parkview Home. She was born July 18, 1914, to Edd and Elizabeth Good Wenger in Washington County.
She attended Sommers Country School in Washington County. On Nov. 20, 1934, she married Mahlon S. Wyse at her home in Wayland. He preceded her in death on Nov. 25, 1991.
She was baptized in Sugar Creek Mennonite Church near Wayland. In 1950, she transferred her membership with her family, as part of a group from Sugar Creek Mennonite Church who chose to help start Bethel Mennonite Church. In 1958, she chose to do the same thing in order to start Pleasant View Mennonite Church in Mount Pleasant, where she was a member at the time of her death.
She was a homemaker and mother, and later in life a grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved spending time with her family. She 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 Mount Pleasant.
Survivors include three sons, Gene Wyse and his wife, Alice, Ronald J. Wyse and his wife, Barbara, and Richard Wyse, all of Mount Pleasant; two daughters, Sharon Miller and her husband, Duane, of Ambler, Pa., and Rebecca J. Wyse of San Mateo, Calif.; a sister, Margaret Richard of Mount Pleasant; a brother, Clarence Wenger of Wayland; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Mahlon; a grandson, Curt Wyse; a sister, Minnie Roth; and a brother, Elmer, in infancy.
Services were held at Pleasant View Mennonite Church of Mount Pleasant. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery.

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Birth	1911	Iowa, USA
Birth	Abt 1914
Birth	18 Jun 1914
Birth	18 Jul 1914
Birth	18 Jul 1914
Birth	Abt 1915	Iowa, USA
Birth	Abt 1915	Indiana, USA
Birth	Abt 1915	Iowa, USA
Residence	1920	Marion, Washington, Iowa, USA
Residence	1 Jan 1925	Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter/Washington, Iowa, USA
Residence	1930	Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter/Marion, Washington, Iowa, USA
Marriage	20 Nov 1934	Wayland, Henry, Iowa, USA - Mahlon Stephen WYSE
Residence	Bet 1935 and 1993	Age: 21/Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA
Residence	1935	Washington, Iowa, USA
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife/Wayne, Henry, Iowa, USA
Death	Abt 2004	Age: 90/Wayland, Henry, Iowa, USA
Death	3 Nov 2004	Age: 90/
Death	3 Dec 2004	Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA
Death	3 Dec 2004	Wayne, Ohio, USA
Alt name		Frances WYSE
Alt name		Francis E WENGER
Alt name		Frances Elizabeth (Wenger) [Good] WYSE
Alt name		Francis WENGER
Alt name		Frances E WYSE
Alt name		Frances Elizabeth Wenger WYSE
SSN issued		Iowa, USA
Race		White/
Burial		Wayland, Henry County, Iowa, USA

Families

Spouse	Mahlon Stephen WYSE (1911 - 1991)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

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Frances Elizabeth WENGER

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