Fred Lyle Wiseman

Fred (Mickey -nickname) passed away alone in his mobile home in Carpinteria. Fred was born in a coal mining town in West Virginia. His mother and other relatives moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1942 where they lived until World war II was over.

Fred moved with his mother to Santa Barbara in 1947 after she married a Santa Barbara resident, Rosco Welshans. Fred worked at various jobs one of which was a Security Service Agency.

In October 1974 In Santa Barbara, Fred married Kinue Watanabe, 36, a teacher from Japan. They purchased a mobile home In 1989 in San Roque Mobile Home Park in Carpinteria where they lived.

Fred retired in 2009 from working with Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. He then plunged into ancestral research and writing poetry and becoming a world traveler with his wife. Their last trip was to Japan in November 2019 where his wife remained and is now quite ill. Fred’s relatives are three nieces, one nephew and his elderly first cousin who lives close and is involved daily with his estate. Fred has been cremated and his ashes will be spread over his mother’s grave if permitted.