St. Clair County Obits

LEO ANDREW WISNER

Clinton Daily Democrat
October 1991
Leo Andrew Wisner was born July 15, 1906, in a log house five miles east of Osceola to Edward Daniel and Ida Disney Wisner. He was the youngest of three children. He passed away October 19, 1991, at the
Sac-Osage Hospital in Osceola after a brief illness.
He grew up in the Osceola area and was a 1925 graduate of Osceola High School. He was united in marriage to Noma Dukes on November 23, 1927, and to this union three children were born, Pawle G.,
Edward Douglas and Doris Lou. In 1927 he received an appointment as a substitute rural mail carrier at the Osceola Post Office. He continued in this capacity until being appointed a regular mail carrier in 1983 at the age of 76. He retired from the United States Postal System in 1988 at the age of 82.
Leo and Noma managed a restaurant next to the Osceola Bank during the construction of the Osceola Dam in 1928 and 1929. He then began farming on Weaubleau Creek, east of Osceola., which he continued until the Corps of Engineers purchased his farm in 1975. He became a member of the Dillon Baptist Church at an early age and transferred his membership to the Osceola Baptist Church in 1949.
He was preceded in death by his wife Noma in 1968; two sisters, Josephine Wisner and Ada Brauner, and his parents. He was united in marriage to Marjorie "Marty" Fouks Cass. They have spent their married life in the Osceola area.
He is survived by his wife Marty of the home; two sons, Pawle and wife Juanita, Doug and wife Nora; one daughter Mrs. Doris Wheeler, and husband Burleigh, all of Osceola; 11 grandchildren, many other relatives and many, many friends. He enjoyed remarkable health much of his life and was dedicated to his work and family. His service as a mail carrier will be remembered by many for years.
Funeral services were Tuesday, October 22, at the Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel in Osceola. Burial was in Osceola Cemetery.