Joseph Warren Weis

Joseph Warren Weis

• Father: Charles Weis b. circa 1860, d. 26 March 1898
• Mother: Amy L. Weaver b. April 1863, d. 9 March 1942

• Joseph Warren Weis was born on 30 September 1879 in East Dubuque, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
• He married Laura (?) circa 1900.
• At about the times of their marriages, surname of some of the children of Charles and Amy Weaver Weis began to be recorded as "Wise."
• Joseph Warren Weis registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Valley County, Montana, while living with his wife Laura in Opheim, and employed there as manager of a pool room.
• Joseph Warren Weis and Laura (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Glasgow, Valley County, Montana. Other members of the household included Joseph Howard Weis. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
• He was employed as a bookkeeper by a grocery store, according to the 1920 census.
• The following appeared on 23 September 1924 in The Corsicana Daily Sun: At 7:30 this morning, J. L. Weiler died suddenly in the bath room at his home, 2111 West Fifth avenue. The deceased was 63 years of age in May last and had been a resident here for twenty-four years.
       The deceased was a native of Illinois and came from that state to Texas. For a number of years he engaged in the furniture business, but due to ill health he had not been regularly in business for some time.
       The deceased was a member of the First Methodist church, and was one of the most devoted and ardent workers in the Sunday school. He organized a men's Bible class in the First Methodist church, and when it became necessary for him to cease teaching the class, in his honor it was named the Weiler Bible class, and still bears his name. The class is now one of the largest Bible classes ever in a Corsicana Sunday school, and will continue to bear the name of the man who organized and who devoted many anxious hours in the labor of building and keeping the class foremost in the good work of the Sabbath school. The deceased was a good and true man in all the essentials of life, and his death, though not unexpected, is sorely regretted by the enrire community.
       Surviving the deceased is his wife and three children. The children are George Weiler of Iowa, Harold Weiler of Wichita Falls, and Forrest Weiler of Dallas. Two step-daughters live in Nebraska and Minnesota, and a step-son in Montana. Funeral arrangements will not be announced until these are all heard from.
• Joseph Warren Weis died on 26 March 1945 at age 65 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, at his residence.
• He was interred at Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.
• The following appeared on 27 March 1945 in the Nevada State Journal: Joseph Warren Wise, a resident here for two years, and dealer at a Reno club, died yesterday at his home. He was 64 years old, and a native of Illinois. [:C:R]      Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Grace Wise of Reno, a son, Howard Wise of Tacoma, Wash., and two sisters, May and Hope [sic] Wise, of Minneapolis.
       Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Ross-Burke Co.
• The following appeared on 29 March 1945 in the Nevada State Journal: Services for Joseph Warren Wise, who died March 26 at the home in Reno were held at 3 p.m. yesterday at the Ross-Burke Company chapel, the Rev. Garth Sibbald, clergyman.
       Music was by Mrs. Lula Grimmer, organist, and Mrs. Marguerite West, soloist, with interment in Mountain View cemetery.

• Last Edited: 15 Dec 2014