Marjorie June Wise was born October 20, 1923 to Earl and Cora Weisner Wise in Wayside, Kansas. Margie was raised in the Kansas countryside around Sedan and Caney, Kansas. She was the oldest child of 3-with a sister, Doris, and brother, Dean. They always reminded her- she was the oldest. Margie graduated from Independence High School in Independence, Kansas. After graduation, she went to cosmetology school in Arkansas City-that's Ar Kansas City-not Arkansas City! It's there where she met her love-William "Sonny" Whitekeller. Story goes, they met at a town dance-fell in love-Sonny had graduated from Chiloco Indian Vocation School, and it being the early 40's, joined the Marine Corp and was stationed in Oceanside, California. Margie hopped a "troop train" west to join him. Pretty brave for a young lady from Kansas...but she was in love. They were married Christmas Eve, 1943 in the Methodist Church parsonage with the minister's wife as their witness. While Sonny was overseas in the Southern Pacific, Margie was a beautician in Oceanside. When Sonny was discharged, they moved back home - since Sonny was in the construction business, they lived where the work was-Missouri to Southern Oklahoma and everywhere in between. They landed in Wagoner, built a business and had a family - Bobby and Debbie- had a good family life. The kids refer to it as the Leave it to Beaver house. Dad worked, Mom stayed home and took care of them all. Once Debbie was older, Margie took a job-her second career, and one she loved. She went to work at the Wagoner Flower Shop working for Marybeth Huggins. The two of them became close friends and confidants. Marybeth, Scott (Marybeth's son) and Margie traveled many miles together- always ready for a road trip. After Marybeth passed away, Margie started doing bus tours with her dear friend Wanda Akin. They went on many a trip-while Sonny was out golfing, Margie was going on mystery tours-Where you going? Don't know-we'll find out when we get there! They had a lot of fun times together. When not traveling, Margie loved to work in her yard, loved her flower beds and tomato plants! that was the hardest thing she had to give up. Even this year, she had a hard time getting out in her yard; she made her dear friend and neighbor Larry Nealey, plant some flowers. He told her, "Girl, next year we are planting those plastic flowers!" Her love, Sonny passed away in November 2012, after battling the effects of e-coli since 2006. Margie never baulked at taking care of him, and at times it was a struggle. In October 2013 Margie turned 90, and friends and family were with her to celebrate. She was still talking about that party! Can you believe that was 2 years ago, she would say. Margie had a heart condition that we never knew about until 2014. She had a significant heart attack, we were told by her doctors. She thought she pulled a muscle cleaning out her kitchen cabinet. We tried to get her to slow down/calm down, but those words were not in her vocabulary. In late July this year, she had another episode. Her sweet neighbors, Larry and Shelly Neally knew something was not quite right and called Bob, convinced both Bob and Margie she needed medical attention. She ended up in Tulsa at St. John, was there 7 days, got to come home with home health care assistance. She had good days and then some bad ones. Tuesday, September 22 wasn't a good day. Margie called Larry and said, "I need to go to emergency." At the Wagoner Hospital they knew she needed the care only St. John's could provide, but Margie's wishes were to stay at Wagoner, and that's how did it (as she would say). Margie was sweet, but hard headed, contrary as some would say. We loved that hard head. Some of the things her kids learned in life from Margie were compassion, a love of all living creatures. Debbie learned a way to a man's heart was through his stomach, and nothing like a home cooked meal, and they learned the golden rule. She was pretty proud of the kids she and Sonny raised. Margie, dear sweet woman, we love you, and may you rest in peace.