Ila Bock Wiser

| August 28, 2020 1:00 AM

December 29, 1922 - August 22, 2020

Ila Bock Wiser, 97, passed away on Aug. 22, 2020, at Monroe House Retirement Center in Moses Lake, Washington, where she had been a resident for the last 4 1/2 years.

Ila was born at the family home to Fred and Clara Schoop Bock on Dec. 29, 1922, in Appleton City, Missouri and was one of nine children. She attended Potts Schoolhouse and then Appleton City High School, graduating in 1940. In the early 1940s she attended Huff Business College in Kansas City, then worked at Lyndey Air for the next 10 months.

During the war, Ila worked in the office for North American Aviation and that is where she met her future husband, Bud Wiser. Bud and Ila were married Oct. 2, 1943, in Kansas City, Kansas. They eventually moved back to Appleton City, where they farmed and their children were born, Madonna Lee in 1949 and Ken Kelly in 1951. The family then moved out west, settling in Moses Lake, Washington, in 1956. They started a milk bottling company and a fertilizer plant and farmed in the Columbia Basin.

Ila was a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1956, and loved golf, cooking and taking care of her family.

She is survived by three of her siblings JD Bock of Denver, Colorado, Allyne Schultze of Butler, Missouri, and Jayne McNabb of Butler, Missouri; her children Madonna (Paul) Engle of Marietta, Georgia, and Ken (Susie) Wiser of Royal City, Washington; her grandchildren Tracy (Craig) Brown of Wenatchee, Stacy (Kyle) Steinburg of East Wenatchee and Travis (Amanda) Wiser of Ephrata; great-grandchildren Conrad, Kody and Kaylee Brown, Tyler and Kaden Steinburg and Rebecca, Roan and Canton Wiser. Ila was preceded in death by four siblings, her parents and her daughter-in-law Rebecca Wiser.

Ila was full of grace, love and kindness. The family has decided to not have a public memorial due to current events. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Moses Lake, or Assured Hospice, Moses Lake in Ila’s name. The family would like to extend its thankfulness to Hospice, the Monroe House and its caregivers for their devotion to Ila in her last days. Please express your thoughts and memories for the family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are under the care of Kayser’s Chapel of Memories.