A third generation Butler Eagle owner has passed.
Vernon Wise Jr. passed at the age of 95 Thursday.
Wise ran the Butler Eagle for six decades starting as a carrier in the 1940s.
In 1951 Wise graduated from Princeton University with a degree in economics and served in the United States Army Counterintelligence offices.
He took over as President and Publisher of the Butler Eagle after the death of his father in 1968.
Vernon Wise Jr. was 95.