WISE, Gary Lee Jr. - b. January 1, 1973 - d. August 28, 2009

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Gary Lee Wise Jr. of Toronto, Kansas,  born in Frankfort, Germany on January 1, 1973, lost his courageous two-year battle to cancer the morning of August 28, 2009.  Gary grew up and attended school in Eureka, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1991.  He was employed by the Kansas Department of Transportation. 

Gary was united in marriage to Rebecca Ann Noble on June 8, 1996 in Marysville, Washington.  They shared over thirteen years of marriage.

Gary is survived by the love of his life and soul mate,  Rebecca Ann (Drizz) and his three sons, Jacob, Zachary, and Joshua Wise, all of the family farm in Toronto, Kansas; his parents, Debra and John Vogt of Eureka, Kansas and Gary Sr. and Teresa Wise of El Dorado, Kansas; brothers, Shawn Wise and his wife Angela of Fountain, California and Ryan Wise and his fiancee Rachel of Blue Springs, Missouri; grandparents, Vernen and Johnna Lou Martin of Longton, Kansas; grandmother, Ruth Wise of Wichita, Kansas; brother-in-law, Rich Noble and his wife Cyndee of Bothell, Washington; and mother and father-in-law, Ted and Sally Noble of Yates Center, Kansas.  Gary was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Jay and Annabelle Abraham  and Lorren Wise.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 5, 2009 at the family farm in Toronto, Kansas (356-60th Road) with a Celebration of Life BBQ following at 1:00 p.m.  For those attending the Celebration of Life BBQ, please bring your own refreshments and a covered dish.  The family requests casual dress.  Memorials may be made to the Gary Lee Wise Children's Fund or Friends for Life and sent in care of Campbell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 188, Yates Center, Kansas 66783.

(published in the Wichita Eagle 9/2/2009)