Grace Wisdom

February 24, 1925 - May 16, 2008

View the image gallery Grace V. daughter of Anna Freida Amelia (Goehring) and Fred Lamle Sr. was born in Okeene, Oklahoma on February 24, 1925. She passed away In Oklahoma City on the 16th of May after a lengthy illness at the age of 83 years, 2 months and 23 days. Her father immigrated from Germany in 1883 and homesteaded in the Cheyenne Arapaho Run. Her mother immigrated from Germany in 1920. Grace was a first generation German American. She attended the Okeene Schools where she graduated from high school with the class of 1943 and attended the A. & M. College in Stillwater. Miss Lamle was married to C.W. Wisdom on December 9, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri. To their marriage three daughters, Peggy J., Dianna Sue and Cindy were born. Following their marriage they made their home in Okeene and in 1958 they moved to Alva. After her husband's death she became the Chairman of the Board of the Alva State Bank with a branch in Enid, Oklahoma and the First National Bank of Okeene. She started the Burlington branch of the Alva State Bank. However, her love of Oklahoma land was her longtime vocation. Her passion for visual arts was her most cherished pastime. Mrs. Wisdom was a member of the Alva First Presbyterian Church and the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She was a 50 year member of the PEO in Chapters A in Okeene and AL in Alva. She was preceded in death by her husband C.W.; two daughters, Dianna Sue Wisdom and Cynthia Kay Gingrich and her parents. Grace is survived by her daughter, Dr. Peggy J. Wisdom of Edmond, Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Kelsey Grace Gingrich of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Chad Wisdom McManus and Bryant James Gingrich both of Alva, Oklahoma; a sister, Charlotte Bierig of Isabella, Oklahoma; three brothers, Edmond of Aline, Oklahoma, Alvin Roger and Fritz G. both of Okeene, Oklahoma. Several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. PDF Printable Version