Individual Details

Melvin George WYSE

(1917 - 14 Sep 2006)

MELVIN GEORGE 'BUB' WYSE, 1917-2006 Wauseon builder grew up on farm: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Blade, The (Toledo, OH) - Friday, September 15, 2006
Deceased Name: MELVIN GEORGE 'BUB' WYSE, 1917-2006 Wauseon builder grew up on farm
WAUSEON - Melvin George "Bub" Wyse, longtime owner-operator of Wyse Construction, died of pneumonia yesterday in Swan Creek Retirement Center, Toledo. He was 89.

Mr. Wyse operated Wyse Construction in Wauseon for 30 years, from its inception in 1948 until he retired in 1978, when the firm was sold.

The company primarily built homes and buildings for small businesses, including a Wauseon bank.

"Because of the quality of his work, people sought him out to build their houses. And he did all the cost estimates himself, even though he did not complete high school," his daughter, Karen L. Fraker, said.

"He was a very friendly person [who] everybody loved. When he drove down Main Street in Wauseon, his arm got tired from waving to everyone he knew," she said.

Mr. Wyse grew up on the family farm in Tedrow, just north of Wauseon, helping raise corn and wheat and taking care of farm animals.

He attended Wauseon High School through 11th grade, quitting in the fall of his 12th year because he wanted to go hunting rabbits and pheasants, his daughter said.

He later was a laborer at a natural-gas pipeline construction site near Detroit for a time before marrying Marian L. Batdorf in 1941. They then settled on a farm just southeast of Wauseon, which they rented until 1946, when they bought an 80-acre farm nearby for his family members to farm corn, wheat, beans, oats, and raise livestock. The couple lived there ever since.

Mr. Wyse was a member of Zion United Methodist Church near Wauseon and the Wauseon Elks Lodge.

Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Marian; daughters, Karen L. Fraker and Ann E. Huner; four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today in the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home, Wauseon. Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Zion United Methodist Church. The family suggests tributes to the church.

Author: BLADE
Edition: City Final
Page: B4
Copyright, 2006, The Blade

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Birth	1917	Ohio, USA
Birth	16 May 1917	Fulton Co, Ohio, USA
Birth	16 May 1917
Birth	16 May 1917
Birth	16 May 1917	Ohio, USA
Birth	1918	Ohio, USA
Birth	Abt 1918	Ohio, USA
Residence	1920	Dover, Fulton, Ohio, USA
Residence	1930	York, Fulton, Ohio, USA
Residence	1935	Delta, Fulton, Ohio, USA
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Age: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son/York, Fulton, Ohio, USA
Marriage	19 Feb 1941	Marian L BATDORF
Residence	1990	Age: 73/Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio, USA
Death	14 Sep 2006	Swan Creek Retirement Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA/Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA
Death	14 Sep 2006	Holland, Lucas, Ohio, USA
Death	14 Sep 2006	Age: 89/
other	15 Sep 2006	Lucas, Ohio, USA
Alt name		Bud
Alt name		Bud
Alt name		Melvin WYSE
Alt name		Melvin G WYSE
Alt name		Melvin Bub WYSE
Alt name		Melvin G WYSE
SSN issued		Ohio, USA
Race		White/
Residence		Lucas, Lucas, Ohio, United States/
Residence		Rudolph, Wood, Ohio, USA

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Spouse

Marian L BATDORF (1918 - 2011)

Father	Ralph WYSE (1893 - 1979)
Mother	Pearl L NEUENSCHWANDER (1896 - 1961)
Sibling	Edna M WYSE (1915 - 2004)
Sibling	Edith WYSE (1922 - 1943)
Sibling	Robert R WYSE (1928 - 1998)

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Melvin George WYSE

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