Forrest Emery Wiese
October 20, 1916 - May 31, 1997

Electrician's Mate - USS Roamer

Back: Forrest Wiese, Moore
Front: Thompson, Thomas, Draper

Son of Walter Edward and Anna Othelia (Rosengren) Wiese

Enlistment June 1, 1942
Discharge September 4, 1945
Rank Electrician's Mate, First Class

Service Info US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Military Unit Naval Training Center, San Diego, California

Cemetery St John's Cemetery, Arcadia, Iowa
Father Walter E. Wiese
Mother Anna O. Rosengren
Wife Virginia (Greteman)
Children Terrance (served in Greece - Vietnam era), Lon, Lynn, Brent, Shelley

Carroll Daily Times Herald Carroll June 6, 1942
Forrest Wiese, having served an enlistment of four years in the army, has now enlisted in the navy. Following his examination at Des Moines, the first of the week, he was sent to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Forrest has a brother, Kenneth, who is now stationed in Hawaii with the army.

His son, Terrance Otto Wiese, Navy Radioman 2nd class, died in a truck/car accident while serving in the military in Greece.
(September 25, 1946- June 25, 1969)

FORREST E. WIESE Mass of the Christian burial Forrest E. Wiese of Arcadia will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, 1997, at St. John Church in Arcadia.

Mr. Wiese, 80, died of lung cancer Saturday, May 31, 1997, at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll.

Monsignor James Lafferty will officiate the Mass.

Lector will be Mr. Wiese's son, Lynn Wiese. Mass servers will be Matt Ricke, Justin Hoffman, and Alex Vonnahme. Gift bearers will be Lyndsay Wiese, Ashley Tegels, and Austin Tegels. Eucharistic ministers will be Jerry Tegels, Frank Testroet, and Anita Tegels.

Casket bearers will be George Brinks, Archie Ricke, Lenus Schulte, Ron Leiting, Tony Muhlbauer, and Neil Leiting.

Military honors will be conducted by Ehlers-Gerken American Legion Post No. 694 of Arcadia.

Burial will be in St. John Cemetery at Arcadia. Visitation will begin at 2:30 and a rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Twit Funeral Home in Carroll. A vigil service will be held at 7:30, followed by another rosary at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Carroll Area Hospice and left at the funeral home.

Born October 20, 1916, at Westside, he was a son of Walter and Anna (Rosengren) Wiese and attended Westside High School.

During World War II, Mr. Wiese served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater.

He and Virginia Greteman were married May 15, 1945, at Carroll by the Rev. Arthur Poeckes.

Mr. Wiese was a retired farmer and he also worked for the Arcadia Cooperative Elevator.

He was a member of St. John Parish in Arcadia and the Ehlers-Gerken American Legion Post No. 694 of Arcadia.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia, of Arcadia; two sons: Lon Wiese and his wife, Barbara, of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana; and Lynn Wiese and his wife, Carol, of Iowa Falls; a daughter, Shelley Tegels, and her husband, Jerry, of Ankeny; eight grandchildren; two sisters: Loretta Arduser of Littleton, Colorado; and Lorraine Wattley of Chicago, Illinois; and a brother, Warren Wiese, of Manilla.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons: Terry and Brent Wiese; two brothers: Kenneth Wiese and one in infancy; and two brothers-in-law: Jim Arduser and Tom Wattley.