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Another Farewell
Info / - 31.08.2025 - 17:35
Michael Wiseman †
02.10.1940 – 19.07.2025
Mike spent the first six and a half years of his life in Wales where he heard and spoke English and Welsh. That left a lasting impression: He developed a love of Wales and all things Welsh.
Later, the family moved from one place to the next; they finally settled in Cornwall.
At university he first studied German, then Education, then taught for a while in Jamaica, where he met his wife. He gradually realized that teaching school was not for him. He returned to university to study psychology and worked as a researcher for a few years. Upon receiving a research fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in 1974, he moved with his wife and daughter to Munich. Later, he joined the Leibniz Rechenzentrum and remained there until retirement. Over the years, his family also grew by a son and three grandchildren.
He was often part of the GEA group watching the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade march down Leopoldstr. and Ludwigstr. On one such occasion, he thought it would be nice to some day see a group in Welsh dress and carrying a Welsh flag marching in that parade. This led him to form the 'Munich Welsh' group within the GEA.
Unfortunately, a Welsh group has not yet marched in the parade, but that may yet come.
The GEA extends its sincere condolences to his family.
The memorial service and burial is scheduled for the Westfriedhof on Monday, 15 September at 10:30 am.
On behalf of all GEA members
Ute Becker – Jim Burgess – Harald Cramer
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