Alberta P. Wisdom, age 68 of Columbus, KS passed away September 20, 2008 at the Medicalodge of Columbus after an illness.

Alberta was born January 19, 1940 in rural Columbus the daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Wallace) Ochsenbein. She graduated from the Cherokee County Community High School in 1957 at Columbus, KS. She worked for the Gulf Oil Company for a number of years, retired from there in 1989.

Alberta married George Kasten and they later divorced in 1981. She then married JB Wisdom on Sept. 4, 1988 in Miami, OK and he survives of the home.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Columbus.

She was the Parent of the Year for the Multiple Sclerosis for the Ozark Branch in 1997 and was active in the SEK individual living center (SKIL) in 1997, and loved to fish.

Survivors include husband JB Wisdom of the home. Five children: Lori Billesback of Columbus, KS, Thomas Kasten, Lee Ann Tate of Aurora, Mo, Tony Kasten of Chanute, KS, TW Wisdom of Pittsburg, KS, six grandchildren, and seven step children: Rita Turnbough of Columbus, Richard Wisdom, Ronald Wisdom, Raymond Wisdom all of Tulsa, OK, Roger Wisdom of Collinsville, OK, Robert Wisdom of Dallas, TX and Windy Gardner, of Riverton, KS and nine step grandchildren and nine great grandchildren and ten step grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Family will receive friends from 7-8p.m. Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008 at the Simpson Funeral Home in Columbus, KS. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Simpson Funeral Home in Columbus, KS with Dennis Johnson, Pastor and Wally Baldwin officiating. Burial will be in the Edgmand Cemetery north west of Columbus. Memorials may be left for the Columbus Parks and Recreations Fund and may be left at the Simpson Funeral Home 323 S. Kansas Ave. Columbus, Kansas 66725 .