Saul Wiseman

Saul Wiseman will be missed by Valerie and me whilst we walk the planet. He was a great friend, advisor and teacher of English.

So Wiseman, as I always called him, was a great friend and colleague and a devoted member of the Ophir Prison Inmates Track Club, which we started at Del Oro High, with the faculty and then ballooned into a great statewide running club. So loved running, chatting and kidding and was a great English teacher in addition to being a fine human being. I will miss him sorely whilst I live.

I apologize. I am late to the party. I just learned of Mr. Wiseman's passing. He was my English teacher at Del Oro. Two teachers had a profound impacts on me and he was one of them. I wasn't the best student. I struggled through high school. My breasts were too big and I was teased terribly about them and I was awkward. But he was a good teacher and although it didn't show, I listened. We studied things like 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. And he let us write scripts and make movies...

Saul will be greatly missed by those of us in the Perennial Plant Club. He was a strong and dedicated leader in his long tenure as president. What a great man !

Saul had an impact on my life. Not only on the soccer field but in the classroom. I still recall 36 years later the Bing, Bang and Bongo method to writing. It just made sense on how he explained this method of writing. He broke it down and everything just clicked that day. I also recall listening to songs such as the "Boys of Summer" by Don Hensley in his classroom. There was a simply method to his style of teaching which I greatly appreciated. Thank you Saul .. RIP

Julie and Dylan, Saul was always so full of positive fresh insights, information or observations. He made us feel great when we were around him. What an amazing life he had. My thoughts are with you 2 . Peace from the Richter Ranch

Dylan and Julie-I wanted to reach out and tell you how sorry I was to learn of Sauls passing. After reading his -beautifully written ! -obituary-I had a renewed appreciation for the Renaissance man that I always knew he was. He was always so supportive of me as a wet behind the ears new fellow teacher. I´ll never forget the time he agreed to play the role of President Reagan in our class congress simulation. He took it over the top! Surprised and pleased the heck out of me. What a class act ...

Saul was a fabulous human being, a fully developed person and true friend. His loss is devastating.