Joseph Howard Weis

b. 1 May 1913, d. 8 June 2000
  • Joseph Howard Weis was born on 1 May 1913 in Havre, Hill County, Montana.
  • He was known as Howard Wise.
  • 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.
  • Laura (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, at 3419 Pacific Avenue. Other members of the household included Joseph Howard Weis. Head of household Ida Wise (age 51, divorced) is identified as Howard's mother, apparently the same person as his mother Laura Wise in 1920. Also in the household is Ida's unmarried sister Mary C. Stroud (age 63.)
  • He was attending school and employed by a gas station as a helper.
  • Joseph Howard Weis appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Seattle, King County, Washington, at 1934 7th Avenue. In 1935 he was living in Tacoma.
  • He was employed as a construction laborer, according to the 1940 census.
  • 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.
  • Joseph Howard Weis died on 8 June 2000 at age 87 in Multnomah County, Oregon.
  • The following appeared on 16 June 2000 in The Oregonian: Howard Joseph Wise died June 8, 2000, at age 87. A private service was held.
         Mr. Wise was born May 1, 1913, in Havre, Mont. He moved to Portland in 1947 and was an operating engineer out of Local 701 and then a bartender for Kelly's Bar for three or four years, retiring around 1990.
         Survivors include his son, Joseph; foster daughter, Sandra D. White; and friends, George V. Clark and Ed Warton.
         Disposition is by cremation. The family suggests remembrances to the Oregon Humane Society.
         Arrangements are by Portland Funeral Alternatives.
  • Last Edited: 15 Dec 2014