Husband: John Wesley Hissem
Born: Mar- 3-1919 at Silver Run (Cairo), Ritchie Co, WV 1,2
Died: Aug-14-2008 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 1
Buried: in Fairmont Ridge Cemetery, Co Rd 8 near Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Resided: in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Resided: 1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2
Military: Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy (retired) 1 (see note 1)
Father: John Wesley Hissem, Sr. (1875 - )
Mother: Mary A. Frona Hewitt (1878 - )
Other spouse 1
Wife: Winola Ruth "Winnie" Stickel 3
Born: Aug-27-1935 in Long Run, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 1,4 Died: Jun-10-2003 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Buried: in Fairmont Ridge Cemetery, Co Rd 8 near Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Okey Ernest Stickel (1900 - 1961) Mother: Jessie Pearl Forinash (1896 - 1956) Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (3) Obituary of wife. (4) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 17, p. 23. (5) Obituary, Killed in automobile accident along with her sister Bonnie Mae Stickel Ball. Event Notes Note (1) He was the last surviving Ritchie County native of the Dec 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.