Spoon (Guy G.) Wisegarver, son of George and Dolores Wisegarver, was born September 12, 1956, in Clinton and passed away July 9, 2025, at home. He is survived by his wife, Karen, and siblings Julie and Earl Woller of Urbana, John Wisegarver and Kent Weathers of White Heath, and Merry and Chris Evans of Farmer City. Also surviving are his nephews Wayne, Rex, Chris, Randall and Steven, and nieces Wendy and Ali.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers George and Randy, and his nephew Wesley.
He graduated high school in 1974 and was proud to be a DeLand-Weldon Eagle. He attended his 50-year class reunion last year and came home with lots of stories to tell. Folks always asked him, “How did you get the name “Spoon”? It goes back to grade school. He wore the number 12 on his basketball uniform from 4th grade through high school. Back then, an Illini player by the name of Nick Witherspoon also wore number 12. Two of his school mates started calling him Spoon — and it stuck. He actually preferred it to his given name, which was Guy. Guy was the star in a romance novel his mom was reading when she carried him. Yep! That’s true family lore right there!!!
Raised on the family farm, he enjoyed gardening, always sharing the fruits of his labors with family and friends. He also loved growing his Hosta plants and had more than 75 varieties. When the weather was nice, he could always be found out in the yard, doing whatever he felt needed done - or just enjoying the fresh air and sunshine.
He was a man of many talents in his work life too. He built houses, decks and swimming pools. He poured and finished concrete, as well as helping install and repair septic systems. Those repairs were definitely his least favorite occupation.
He loved tractor pulling and, in the 80’s he and Sandy Kirby won several trophies at the Farmer City Fair local pulls. They also worked together to bring in the crops at Kirby’s farm - each of them in a combine, working hard to finish up.
He was a NASCAR fan - rooting for Dale Jarrett in the number 88 (and the “big brown truck”) until Dale retired.
He never met a stranger and leaves behind many friends. He knew everyone in three counties and could walk into the seediest tavern and, like in “Cheers”, someone inevitably would holler “SPOON!”
A visitation will be from 5-7:00 pm Friday, July 18, 2025, at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Farmer City. A memorial service will be Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 10:30 am also at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Farmer City. Inurnment will be in Nixon Township Cemetery, Weldon, Illinois. Memorial donations may be made to the Gibson City Advanced Wound Healing Clinic or to the Joe Williams Post 55 Sons of the American Legion, of which he was a proud member and past member of the color guard.
