Charles H. Wisner ’28

Charles Wisner of Manasota, Fla., died May 20, 1998. Born in NYC and raised in Summit, N.J., he prepared at Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in English, played trumpet in the band, and joined Cannon Club. Upon graduation he worked at the New York Stock Exchange. He became coowner of Wisner and de Clairville Stock Brokers, eventually sold to Spear, Leeds and Kellogg, where he was a limited partner until his death. He was the last of eight classmates on the NYSE.

He married Mary Jane Fauntleroy in 1936. They lived in Weston, Conn., and had three daughters, Matilda W. Barrett, Susan, and Penelope. A granddaughter also lived with Charles and Mary Jane throughout her childhood. Charles retired in 1979; in 1988 they moved to their Manasota Key home. Mary Jane died there in 1997.

Charles's hobby was skeet shooting, and he earned the title Natl. Skeet Champion. He was recruited by the Navy as a staff member of the Naval Air Command, as head of the gunnery program. He was a commander in the Navy during WWII. A different hobby was the writing of limericks, to the delight of his friends. His passion for golf led him to establish the Aspetuck Valley Country Club in Weston.

The class extends its sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1928