When Kenneth Euguene Wise was born on 29 July 1930, in Gettysburg, Potter, South Dakota, United States, his father, Kenneth Burr Wise, was 44 and his mother, Anna Helena Bruns, was 38. He married Clara Maass on 15 March 1953, in Cavour, Beadle, South Dakota, United States. He lived in Collins Township, Clark, South Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 7 April 2007, in Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade, South Dakota, United States.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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