Thomas W.

"Tom" Wise

Of Chelsea, Tom passed away on Saturday April 15 ^th , at Tufts Medical Center in Boston after a sudden illness.  Born and raised in Stevens Point, Wisconsin he was a son of the late Willard G. and Muriel Wise.  He attended schools in Stevens Point and enlisted in the USN Navy during the Vietnam Era. He was honorably discharged in '71 and returned for a short time to Wisconsin.  He took work as a roustabout and concessionaire with Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus.  He traveled all around the country with the circus for a season before settling down in Chelsea in 1972. A resident since that time, Tom worked as a cemetery laborer with Slotnick Services in Everett and later on as a heavy boiler installer for an East Boston company. Several years ago an industrial accident forced him into retirement.  He was a familiar face in the Cary Square Neighborhood where he could always be found walking his little dog.  Tom is survived by his devoted companion and fiancée of 23 years, Mary Ann Scacchi of Chelsea.  He is the brother of Clifford R. Wise of Nutrioso AZ and Maryann Knapp of Nekoosa WI, uncle of Jason Wise of Dallas TX.  and he is also survived by his close friend, Richard Cormier of Chelsea.