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Donald Ray Wiseman Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 1949
Date of Passing May 23, 2016
About Donald Ray Wiseman, 85, of Salisbury Rd., Waverly, Ohio, died Monday, May 23, 2016, at the Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio. He was born May 21, 1931, in Pike County, Ohio, to the late Benton and Louise McDaniel Wiseman.
He was united in marriage on June 27, 1953, to Barbara Ann Allemang Wiseman who preceded him in death on Oct. 12, 2012.
Surviving are three daughters: Cathy Cornish and husband Brian of Waverly, Karen Scott and husband Glenn of Claremont, FL, and Kimberly Grow and husband Ronald of Beaver, Ohio. Grandchildren: Patrick "Stephanie", Sarah and Tyler Cornish, and great grandchildren: Kodi, Colton, and Emmalyn Cornish, grandchildren: Mary Ann "Billy" Blackwell and great grandchildren: Jamie and Jordan Blackwell, and grandchild Glenn Ray Scott and great grandchild, Brantley Glenn Scott, and grandchildren: Ashley and Kristen Grow. Two brothers: Bill Wiseman of Waverly and Dale Wiseman of Claremont, FL, and one sister, Helen Deiber of Chillicothe. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Carl and Paul Wiseman.
He was retired from the State of Ohio Corrections Dept. where he served as the Food Service Administrator, a member of Waverly New Covenant Church of Christ in Christian Union, Waverly, and Piketon Police Auxiliary, a member of Orient Lodge #321 F. & A.M., Pike County Shrine, I.O.O.F., American Legion-Merritt Post #142 of Waverly, and was a U.S. Marine Veteran having served during the Korean Conflict.
Mr. Wiseman was an avid bowler, loved camping and fishing, and enjoyed spending time working to repair watches and clocks for many people in the area.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 27, 2016, at Botkin Hornback Funeral Home in Waverly with Neil Pafford and Dale Reed officiating. Burial will follow in the Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Friends may call Thursday from 5:00-8:00 P.M. and Friday from 10:00-11:00 A.M. at the funeral home. A Masonic service will be 7:00 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home.
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Published in Pike County News Watchman on May 25, 2016
Donald Ray Wiseman