A Celebration of Life for Michael Louis Wise, 48, of Blanchard, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 9, 2024 at Bible Baptist Church in Chickasha, Oklahoma with Pastor Emeritus Kim Hayes officiating and Richard Prather assisting. Please wear bright colors to honor the bright light he was in all our lives!
Michael Louis Wise was born May 4, 1976 in Denver, Colorado to Louis Elvin Wise and Janice Lee (Stone) Wise. He passed from this life on July 22, 2024 while on vacation in Jamaica.
Mike graduated from Piedmont High School in May 1995 and enlisted in the United States Air Force in August 1995. During his 5-year military service as a fire fighter, he was stationed in Japan and received many awards and medals.
On November 8, 2003, he married the love of his life, Dana Weeks and they shared over 20 years together.
After his Air Force service, Mike worked 11 years for Tinker Air Force Base as a civilian fire fighter. From 2013 until now, he worked for the Chickasha Fire Department, where he was well-loved and professional and where he made many friendships and connections throughout the community.
Mike enjoyed skiing, watching Star Wars and going on family vacations. When he was with his family and friends, he was always a jokester and loved to tell dad jokes. He had a contagious laugh and never met a stranger. He could talk to anyone. He was a loving dad with a strong character and the most dependable and selfless man. His family never wanted for anything. He will be deeply missed by all those who loved him.
He was preceded in death by his mother Jan Wise and his grandparents.
Loved ones left to remember him are his wife Dana and children Avery and Isaac of the home; father Lou Wise of Blanchard; sisters Christine Clarkson and husband Adam of Maryland and Michelle Wise of Washington D.C.; in-laws Cathy and Danny Weeks of Blanchard; sister-in-law and brother-in-law DeAndra and Corey Williams of Blanchard; nephews and nieces, Brenlee, Raylynn, Corden, Asher and Ian; his “family” at the Chickasha Fire Department; many other family and friends.
Interment will be in Blanchard Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.