BARBARA JEAN WISEMAN

NEVADA-Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ferry Funeral Home for Barbara Jean Wiseman, 79, Nevada, who died surrounded by family on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., following a lengthy illness. Burial will follow in Lake Cemetery in Lamar.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, in care of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.

Survivors include her husband, JC; two children, Keela Vaughn, Raymore and Steven Wiseman, Overland Park, Kan.; three grandchildren, Justin Vaughn and wife DeeAnn, Norfolk, Va.; seven great-grandchildren, Alexis, Aubrie, Austin, A.J., Adasen, Owen and Opal and one brother, Jerry Doyle and wife Joretta, Moore, Okla.

She was preceded in death by one sister, Wilma (Doyle) Nunn and her husband Gilbert.

Mrs. Wiseman was born Sept. 13, 1936, in Victory, Okla., to CJ and Inez (McWatters) Doyle. She was reared in Victory, Okla. and attended school there. She graduated from Victory High School as Valedictorian of the Class of 1954. During her school years she played on the Victory High School Basketball team. She married JC Wiseman on May 1, 1954, in Victory, Okla. and following her marriage she lived in England for three years while he served in the United States Air Force. Following the service, they returned to Lamar. Mrs. Wiseman had worked with her husband in the lumber business in Lamar, Butler and Nevada, where she had resided for the past 47 years. She worked as an Interior Decorator, was a writer of a weekly column for several area newspapers and also worked at T.M. Deal for a time until her retirement. She, along with her husband, were part owners of the Sirloin Stockade in Nevada. She was a faithful member of the Elm Street Church of Christ. She enjoyed playing Bridge and was an active member in multiple Bridge clubs.