Obituary: Jacqueline Wise (1928-2013)

Jacqueline Valentine Wise passed away in Mountain View, CA on July 22, 2013 at the age of 84.

Jacy was born to the late Anna and Alfred Valentine in Santa Rosa, CA on Aug. 6, 1928 and grew up in Sebastopol. She graduated from Analy High School in 1946 and received a BA in English/History/Education from Mount Saint Mary's College in 1950.

She married William LaVay Wise III in 1949 and lived in Palo Alto, Edmunds, WA and then moved to Mountain View in 1963. She worked at the Mountain View Library for 26 years as the inter-library loan officer and enjoyed helping people find information from books she secured from near and far, including China and Russia.

Jacy enjoyed gardening, working in her orchard, pottery, playing the piano, music, game shows, puzzles and lifelong learning. Jacy passed this love of learning to her children.

Jacy also had a vast interest in flying and in the space program, waking all her children to watch every significant launch, landing, and scientific exploit. Her biggest joy was spending time with her family and close friends.

Jacy is survived by her former husband, William LaVay Wise III and her 5 children: her two sons, Larry Wise (Cupertino, CA) and Steve Wise (Elk Grove, CA); her three daughters, Sandy Ogden (Cassel, CA), Teri Waldman (Mountain View, CA) and Patti McLain (Carmichael, CA).

Jacy is survived by fifteen grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; her two sisters, Marlene Anderson (Menlo Park, CA) and Kathleen Beltrame (San Mateo, CA) and many nieces and nephews.

A Rosary and Vigil will be held at Cusimano Colonial Mortuary, 96 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View 94040 on Thursday, July 25 at 5 pm.

The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Simon Church, 1860 Grant Rd, Los Altos, CA 94024 on Friday, July 26 at 10 a.m.

Interment will be at Sebastopol Memorial Lawn cemetery, 7951 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol on Saturday July 27. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association.

This obituary has been provided courtesy of the Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary.