Individual Details
Gwendolyn Lomnes
(14 Jan 1897 - 1 Apr 1970)
HSO, 25 Sep 1925, p1
A long, descriptive article on the marriage of Gwendolyn Lomnes and Lt. Harry Clark Wisehart. Wisehart was a graduate of West Point and a native of Kansas.
HSO, 16 Apr 1970
Mrs. Elvira Gwendolyn Wisehart, 71, died unexpectly in her home in Junction, Texas Wednesday, April 1, of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services were Friday from the First Presbyterian church with the Rev. Sam B. Coffey, Baptist minister officiating. Burial was i Junction cemetery. Junction Chapter, OES, conducted graveside rites.
Mrs. Wisehart moved to Junction in 1960 with her husband, Col. Harry C. Wisehart. They lived in Junction and in the country before buying their home on Hospital Drive.
Mrs. Wisehart was born in Hudson, Jan. 14, 1897, the only child of Eric and Guri (Thoen) Lomnes. Her father died when she was three months old.
She graduated from Hudson schools (1914), from Macalester College in St. Paul, and from Northwestern University, Chicago, with a master's degree in music. She and her mother spent some 12 years in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was teaching in Punahou College of Music at the time of her marriage Aug. 10, 1925 to then Lt. Wisehart, who was stationed there with the Air Corps.
She lived in San Antonio from August 1927 when her husband was transferred until 1934 when they went to Kansas City, Mo. for six years. She accompanied him to Washington, D.C. for a year and was active in Red Cross work and music circles. In 1941 they went to California when her husband took over command of Lemoore Air Base. She was with him in Pecos when he commanded the air base there in 1942.
That year Mrs. Wisehart and son, Harry, came to Kerrville, when Col. Wisehart was sent overseas, and continued to live there until coming to Junction. Col. Wisehart then joined them and Mrs. Lomnes in Kerrville when he returned to the states and retired in 1946.
A soprano and a pianist, Mrs. Wisehart did concert work in San Francisco and vicinity, and in San Antonio at San Pedro Playhouse and surrounding towns. She did costume recitals and was guest artist on many occasions. She was solist at the dedication of the first radio station, KGU, in Honolulu.
In Kerrville she directed the First Presbyterian Church choir 10 years. Later she was choir director at Zion Lutheran Church and solist for the First Church of Christ, Scientist. She was a member of the Kerrville Music Club and the Wednesday Musical Club.
In Junction Mrs. Wisehart has been active in religious, civic and social affairs. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a past president of La Junta StudyClub, a member of the Sew 'n So Club, the Daughters of the Nile in San Angelo, the Woman's Breakfast Club in San Antonio, and the Order of the Eastern Star, transferring her membership from Lemoore, Calif. to Junction.
Recently Mrs. Wisehart was elected the first "Sweetheart" of the Plateau Shrine Association, which is composed of Shriners in Kimble, Menard and adjoining counties.
Survivors include her husband and one son, Harry C. Wisehart, Jr.
A long, descriptive article on the marriage of Gwendolyn Lomnes and Lt. Harry Clark Wisehart. Wisehart was a graduate of West Point and a native of Kansas.
HSO, 16 Apr 1970
Mrs. Elvira Gwendolyn Wisehart, 71, died unexpectly in her home in Junction, Texas Wednesday, April 1, of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services were Friday from the First Presbyterian church with the Rev. Sam B. Coffey, Baptist minister officiating. Burial was i Junction cemetery. Junction Chapter, OES, conducted graveside rites.
Mrs. Wisehart moved to Junction in 1960 with her husband, Col. Harry C. Wisehart. They lived in Junction and in the country before buying their home on Hospital Drive.
Mrs. Wisehart was born in Hudson, Jan. 14, 1897, the only child of Eric and Guri (Thoen) Lomnes. Her father died when she was three months old.
She graduated from Hudson schools (1914), from Macalester College in St. Paul, and from Northwestern University, Chicago, with a master's degree in music. She and her mother spent some 12 years in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was teaching in Punahou College of Music at the time of her marriage Aug. 10, 1925 to then Lt. Wisehart, who was stationed there with the Air Corps.
She lived in San Antonio from August 1927 when her husband was transferred until 1934 when they went to Kansas City, Mo. for six years. She accompanied him to Washington, D.C. for a year and was active in Red Cross work and music circles. In 1941 they went to California when her husband took over command of Lemoore Air Base. She was with him in Pecos when he commanded the air base there in 1942.
That year Mrs. Wisehart and son, Harry, came to Kerrville, when Col. Wisehart was sent overseas, and continued to live there until coming to Junction. Col. Wisehart then joined them and Mrs. Lomnes in Kerrville when he returned to the states and retired in 1946.
A soprano and a pianist, Mrs. Wisehart did concert work in San Francisco and vicinity, and in San Antonio at San Pedro Playhouse and surrounding towns. She did costume recitals and was guest artist on many occasions. She was solist at the dedication of the first radio station, KGU, in Honolulu.
In Kerrville she directed the First Presbyterian Church choir 10 years. Later she was choir director at Zion Lutheran Church and solist for the First Church of Christ, Scientist. She was a member of the Kerrville Music Club and the Wednesday Musical Club.
In Junction Mrs. Wisehart has been active in religious, civic and social affairs. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a past president of La Junta StudyClub, a member of the Sew 'n So Club, the Daughters of the Nile in San Angelo, the Woman's Breakfast Club in San Antonio, and the Order of the Eastern Star, transferring her membership from Lemoore, Calif. to Junction.
Recently Mrs. Wisehart was elected the first "Sweetheart" of the Plateau Shrine Association, which is composed of Shriners in Kimble, Menard and adjoining counties.
Survivors include her husband and one son, Harry C. Wisehart, Jr.
Events
| Birth | 14 Jan 1897 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, |  | ||
| Graduation | 1914 | Hudson High School - Hudson, St. Croix, Wis | | ||
| Marriage | Sep 1925 | Honolulu, Hawaii - Harry C. Wisehart | | ||
| Death | 1 Apr 1970 | Junction, Texas | | ||
| Burial | Junction, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Harry C. Wisehart |
| Child | Harry C. Wisehart, Jr. (1937 - 1980) |
| Father | Erik L. Lomnes |
| Mother | Guri Thoen ( - 1958) |
Endnotes
1. Hudson Star-Observer, Hudson, Wis., Obit, 16 Apr 1970, Sec II, p6.
2. Miller, Willis H. and Benoy, Marian Thorson, Hudson High School Alumni Directory Star-Observer Publishing Co., Hudson, Wis., 1973, p11.
3. Hudson Star-Observer, Hudson, Wis., 24 Sep 1925, p1.
4. Hudson Star-Observer, Hudson, Wis., Obit, 16 Apr 1970, Sec II. p6.
5. Hudson Star-Observer, Hudson, Wis., Obit, 16 Apr 1970, Sec II, p6.