Warren Wise

Warren B. Wise, 90 of Gibbon died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am Monday, April 8, 2013 at New Life Assembly in Kearney with Rev. Roger Wendt officiating. Interment with military rites by the Marine Honors Team and American Legion Post 59 will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Callaway at 2:00 pm Monday. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm Sunday at the O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Gibbon Rescue Unit or the church. Online condolences or personal reflections may be submitted at osrfh.com. O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home of Kearney is in charge of arrangements. He was born February 28, 1923 in Thedford, NE to Albert Douglas and Josephine (Stinman) Wise. Warren was raised in the Callaway area, where he attended Callaway Public Schools through the 9th grade. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corp in World War II at Ogden, UT at the age of 19. He was stationed in Brimerton, WA and was a guard on Midway Island from 1942 to 1945. He was honorably discharged in 1946 with the rank of Corporal. After returning to Callaway, he met and married Margarette "Margie" Ash from Stapleton. They were married on June 12, 1946 in Oberlin, KS. Warren was rehired by the Union Pacific Railroad in Bridger, WY. Warren worked his way up from section laborer to foreman of Indian Steel Gangs. Margie was a cook for the gangs and traveled with him to Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Kansas. He was also section foreman at Gibbon and retired in 1984, after being a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance and Ways Employees for 43 years. Warren was a member of American Legion Post 500 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 759. He enjoyed making wooden railroad cars and wooden trucks. He also collected railroad cars. Survivors include his son, Brent and wife Mona of Gibbon; grandsons, Jeff Wise and wife Nancy of Gibbon and Rusty Wise and wife Lisa of Holdrege; 4 great grandsons; and 2 great granddaughters. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Margie, on October 2, 2010; his parents; 2 brothers; and 4 sisters.

Warren Wise

February 28, 1923 - April 4, 2013