Betty Ellen Bowman and Douglas Peer Wisman

DR. DOUGLAS PEER WISMAN, son of ERVA LORRAINE PEER and ERNEST E. WISMAN, was born February 19, 1927 in Saumsville, Shenandoah, Virginia,^{56, 168} and died April 25, 2003 in Shenandoah Memorial Hospital, Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia.^{56, 168} He is buried in Cedarwood Cemetery, Edinburg, Shenandoah, Virginia.¹⁶⁸

He married BETTY ELLEN BOWMAN on November 20, 1954 in St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Edinburg, Shenandoah, Virginia.¹⁸¹² She was born October 8, 1930 in Harrisonburg, Virginia,⁴⁵⁶ and died August 9, 2018 in Winchester, Virginia.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Cedarwood Cemetery, Edinburg, Shenandoah, Virginia.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of BETTY ELLEN BOWMAN and DR. DOUGLAS PEER WISMAN:

1. Daughter
2. Son
3. Daughter
4. Son

Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, November 23, 1954¹⁸¹²

Miss Bowman Bride Dr. Douglas Wisman

Miss Betty Ellen Bowman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Bowman of Edinburg, became the bride of Dr. Douglas Peer Wisman, son or Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wisman of Edinburg, on Saturday, Nov. 20, at four o'clock.

Dr. Timothy Lehman, assisted by the Rev E. B. Wolford, performed the double ring ceremony in the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church before an altar background of evergreens, bronze and white chrysanthemums and cathedral candles in candelabra.

A nuptial program of music was presented by Mrs. Madge Ring and the traditional wedding marches were used.

Soloist, Raymond W. Showalter, jr., of Harrisonburg, sang preceding the ceremony "O Perfect Love," "Ich Liebe Diche" and The Lord's Prayer at the close of the ceremony.

The bride was given in marriage by her father. Her cotillion length gown was of gardenia white imported Chantilly lace in a Tudor Rose pattern. It was fashioned with a wide V-neckline outlined with lace medallions. The long lace sleeves formed calla lily points at the wrists.

The bouffant lace skirt was over layers of tully and satin ending in a delicately scalloped hemline. Her fingertip veil of pure silk illusion fell from a heart shaped cap of matching lace etched with pearls and apulscents. She carried a cascade bouquet of white Fuji chrysanthemums.

Miss Sarah Heatwole was the maid of honor and Mrs. Lynwood Coffman served as the matron of honor. They wore identical gowns of olive green faille of princess style, with matching headbands of hunter green velvet and mitts. Their bouquets were of cascade design of bronze chrysanthemums.

William Robert Wisman was his brother's best man. Ushers were John G. Irvin, Dr. Robert B. Hodges and Dr. Edward W. Gilbert.

The reception, given by the parents of the bride, followed in the church social hall. Mrs. Homer Long cut and served the bride's cake, while Miss Betsy Praston and Mrs. Carl Feller, jr., presided at the punch bowls. The guest book was in charge of Miss Mildred Painter. Hostesses for the occasion were Mrs. Pearl Swann and Mrs. A. A. Shutters.

The couple left for a southern wedding trip.

The bride is a graduate of Edinburg High School and Madison College. She is librarian at Handley High School in Winchester. The bridegroom is an optometrist with offices in Woodstock. He graduated from Edinburg High School, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, and the Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, Tenn.

Pre-nuptial parties honoring the bride were a shower by Mrs. Homer Long and Mrs. Lynwood Coffman; a dinner by Miss Bess Bowman; a shower by Miss Sarah Heatwole; and an after rehearsal party by Mrs. G. Robert Irvin and Mrs. A. A. Shutters.

Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, September 10, 1962²¹⁵⁰

Governor of Lions District Here Tuesday

Dr. Douglas P. Wisman, Woodstock Optometrist, Governor of District 24-C of Lions International, will make an official visit to the Harrisonburg Lions Club, at their dinner meeting, Tuesday night, at 6:30.

The Harrisonburg Lions Club is one of 36 in Dr. Wisman's District, which covers 16 counties.

A native of Shenandoah County, Dr. Wisman attended county schools and graduated from Randolph Macon College. He did graduate work at the University of Richmond and received his Doctor of Optometry Degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis.

Before being elected Governor, he served as Zone Chairman, Deputy District Governor, and District Chairman of the Sight Conservation and Blind Committee. He has received the District Governor's Medal for performing outstanding service for the past several years.

Dr. Wisman is a past president of the Valley Optometric Association. He is a member of the Southern Council of Optometrists, the American Optometric Association and is a fellow of the Virginia Acedemy of Optometry.

His civic activities earned him recognition by the Woodstock Jaycees in 1960 as the "Outstanding Young Man of the Year."

Dr. Wisman will address the club in behalf of Lions International and the State Association of Lions Club. He will confer with local president, Dr. J. W. Bradshaw III and the Harrisonburg club board of directors on administrative matters and service activities.

Cumberland News, October 13, 1972⁶⁹¹

Hardy Area Series Held

MOOREFIELD — Hardy County elementary school personnel recently concluded a four-session in-service series on visual training and developmental vision conducted by Dr. Douglas P. Wisman, optometrist from Woodstock, Va.

Some 30 teachers, aides and principals participated, said Blanche Hinkle, elementary supervisor.

The method used by Dr. Wisman was developed by the Winter Haven (Fla.) Lions Research Foundation. It stresses the importance of a child's visual-tactual-kinesthetic, or eye-hand-motor, performance, and has as its premise that the importance of a child's learning to real well enough to obtain meaning from his reading ranks frist among all the learning tasks he faces as he starts school.

Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia, April 26, 2003¹⁶⁸

Douglas Peer Wisman, 76, of Edinburg, died Friday, April 25, 2003, at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock.

Dr. Wisman was born Feb. 19, 1927, in Saumsville, and was a son of the late Ernest and Erva Peer Wisman.

He graduated from Edinburg High School in 1944 and earned a bachelor of science degree from Randolph-Macon College in 1948. He received his doctorate of optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn., in 1949. He was a practicing optometrist in Woodstock for over 50 years.

Dr. Wisman was a past president of the Virginia Optometric Association, a life member of the American Optometric Association, charter member of the Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association and frequent lecturer on Visual Therapy and Training. He was an elder of the Edinburg Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and served as past chairman of the official board of the church. He was a church historian, adult class teacher and lay speaker of the Edinburg Christian Church. He was past president of the Valley District Christian Churches and Valley District Christian Men's Fellowship.

Dr. Wisman was a life member of the Woodstock Lions Club and Lions International. He was past district governor of the Lions Club and a past state chairman of the Sight and Blind Committee. He served six years as a board member of the Roanoke Eye Bank. He hosted a local television program, "In Focus" on TV-10 for six years and organized the Stardusters (a 15-piece band). He was a member of the Edinburg Town Council and was vice mayor of Edinburg.

Surviving are his wife, Betty Bowman Wisman; two sons, Douglas Scott Wisman of West Grove, Pa., and David Brian Wisman of Staunton; two daughters, Ellen Wisman Dandridge of Richmond, and Laura Beth Wisman at home; a brother, William Robert Wisman of Roanoke and five grandchildren.

The Revs. John F. Taylor Jr. and William H. Whitehurst will conduct the funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at the Edinburg Christian Church. Burial will be at Cedarwood Cemetery in Edinburg.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 this evening at the Dellinger Funeral Home in Woodstock.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Edinburg Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Linda Ryman, Chairman, P.O. Box 117, Edinburg, Va., 22824, the Edinburg Heritage Foundation, P.O. Box 336, Edinburg, Va., 22824, or the Woodstock Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 221, Woodstock, Va., 22664.