The Shadow
Lorin A. Wiseman, 77, a resident at the Borden Nursing Center, at Kendal at Lexington, died Thursday, February 21, 2019, from complications related to dementia and pneumonia.
He formerly resided at 3220 Longdale Furnace Road, Clifton Forge, VA.
Lorin was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of the late Merrill R. Wiseman and Beryl Barnum Wiseman.
His three siblings preceded him in death.
He spent most of his childhood in Winter Park, FL, graduating from Edgewater High School in Orlando in 1959. He then enlisted in the US Army, serving four years on active duty, with a tour of duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Following his discharge from the Army he worked as the paymaster for the Lucayan Beach Hotel in Freeport, Bahamas for several years before enrolling at the University of Miami, graduating with a BBA degree in Accounting in 1970. He subsequently earned an MBA from Southeastern University in Washington, DC. In 1977. He entered federal civil service in Washington, DC, in 1968, serving 6 years with the Internal Revenue Service, followed by 6 years with the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, and 17 years as a Senior Investigator in the Inspector General’s Department of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, retiring in 2001. Upon his retirement he moved to Alleghany County, VA, where he lived for fourteen years before entering Kendal at Lexington. Lorin and his life partner, Paul E. Cormier, travelled extensively over the past fourteen years, cruising on the many rivers in Europe and the US, and visiting most of the countries in Europe, to include four trips to Russia.
Funeral Services will be held at Harrison Funeral Home, 714 S. Main St., Lexington, VA, on Monday, February 25th, at 5:00 pm, with Fr. John Adamski presiding.
The service will be followed by a reception at The Bistro on Main, 8 N. Main St, Lexington. Burial will take place at the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington, on Tuesday, February 26th, at 3:00 pm, with military honors. Memorial donations can be made to Kendal at Lexington.
Lorin was of the Presbyterian faith and is survived by his life partner of 37 years, Paul E. Cormier.
Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, VA.
