Sen. Wyss’ wife passed away on Saturday
Matthew May 27th, 2008
Senator Tom Wyss’ wife, Shirley Wyss, has been battling cancer for some time now and she has recently passed away. Please pray for him and his family. As the article pasted below indicates, they were married for 43 years and had two daughters and four grandchildren.
Associated Press
Posted: May 26, 2008
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Shirley Wyss, the wife of state Sen. Tom Wyss of Fort Wayne, has died after a long fight with breast cancer. She was 66.
Wyss (WEESE) died Saturday at her husband’s legislative residence in Indianapolis, where she had undergone treatment at the Indiana University Medical Center. Tom Wyss said his wife had been diagnosed with cancer in 1992 but had been free of the disease for 14 years when it returned two years ago. The couple had been married 43 years. Other survivors include two daughters and four grandchildren. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter’s Catholic Church.
Wyss is a Republican who has represented the Fort Wayne area in since 1985.
