Jacque was born in Prescott, Arizona, and being the daughter of a Methodist minister moved quite often. She lived in both Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, followed by Pomona, California where she spent her elementary years. Berkeley was home for her high school years and the start of college where she met her future husband, Jack. She attended college at UC Berkeley, Mills College, and Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She was married in 1948 to Jack Wisman, a young Army psychiatrist which would extend her string of moves to include New Orleans, Louisiana; Topeka, and Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; San Francisco, California; Würzburg and Landstuhl, Germany; and finally Ft. Benning, Georgia. After Jack resigned his commission he accepted a job heading a regional mental health clinic in North Platte, Nebraska, where she lived for 22 years. After her divorce, different jobs took her to Grand Island and Omaha before moving to Crete, Nebraska, to be near her daughter, Karen and her family.
Having studied to be an occupational therapist she directed activities and volunteer services for the senior care center Linden Manor in North Platte. Later she served as the Director of Prevention Services for Region II Mental Health, where she was honored as the Nebraska Mental Health Educator of the Year in the late 70’s. In Grand Island, she was the Coordinator of the YWCA Displaced Homemaker Program. Subsequently, in Omaha she was Coordinator for the Family Friends Project which paired volunteer older adults with families of disabled or chronically ill children. After moving to Crete, Jacque was a counselor with Affiliates in Family and Individual Growth in Milford, Nebraska, specializing in loss and divorce issues.
Anyone who knew Jacque would readily recognize that her guiding motivation in life was to be of service. This she demonstrated in how she raised her family and in the service she rendered in whatever community she lived, serving in various capacities in organizations such as Red Cross Grey Ladies, Army Medical Wives, Cub Scouts as a Den Mother and Cubmaster, Parents Without Partners, CASA, Doane Family Association, Crete Friendly Meals, and Doane University, including serving as a Boswell Observatory Docent.
She enjoyed membership in Eastern Star, League of Women Voters, Platter Painters, AAUW, Fortnightly, and PEO. She was an avid crafter and artist; one particularly challenging project was the creation of liturgical banners, vestments and ersatz stained glass windows for her church in North Platte. Also in North Platte, she took a leadership role in the administration of the Freedom Train Singers, a youth singing group providing positive, creative, growth experiences for North Platte youth. Jacque was also a prolific seamstress and knitter, making clothes and gifts for friends and family. She was immensely fond of cats, enjoyed doing puzzles, and building a Victorian dollhouse; but an intellectually stimulating conversation was her real joy.
Guided by a profound spiritual belief, Jacque served the many churches to which she belonged as she moved from place to place frequently teaching Sunday school classes and participating in women’s fellowship. In North Platte, she was on the church board and Superintendent of Christian Education and taught parenting classes at the Methodist Church. In Crete she served on several committees of the UCC church and as a Moderator.
Jacque is preceded in death by her father, Dr. Edwin Stricker; her mother, Edith (Nixon) Stricker; Jack Wisman; and her great-grandson, Bennett Samuel Morris.
She is survived by her three children: Kern Wisman (Barbara) of Columbia, Missouri; Eric Wisman (Connie) of Fort Worth, Texas; and, Karen Morris (Mike) of Crete, Nebraska; five grandchildren: Brett Wisman of Columbia, Missouri; Amy Rasor (Michael) and Erica Watkins (Devon) of Fort Worth, Texas; Scott Morris (Katie) of Millard, Nebraska; and David Morris (Lindsey) of Lincoln, Nebraska; and six great-grandchildren: Faith and Charlie Watkins; Riley and Ashlyn Rasor (Fort Worth, Texas), and Nora and Jonah Morris (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Memorials can be made to United Church of Christ First Congregational Church, Tabitha or The Gardens in Crete, or the family.
Graveside Service Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 9:00 AM at Lincoln Memorial Park. Celebration of Life to follow at the United Church of Christ, First Congregational in Crete at 11:00 AM.
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