WISNIEWSKI JAMES CASIMIR WIZ Peacefully, after a brief illness, on Sunday, November 1, 2015, age 67, of Sq. Hill, formerly of Lawrenceville. Beloved son of the late Casimir, DDS, and Minerva Wisniewski; brother of Alma Wisniewski, and the late Richard Wisniewski; longtime friend and companion of Elaine Rudov. James attended Columbia College, New York City, where he majored in English and sociology, served as Editor-without-Diddleywork and Sole Pole, Jester humor magazine: literary editor, COLUMBIAN yearbook; awarded the James Guttman Prize in the Humanities, elected to the Senior Society of 1848. At 19, he became the youngest copywriter in the business at a major consumer ad agency in New York. After award-winning work at several shops as copywriter, copy chief, and creative director, he retired from advertising at age 43, but did not gloat about it. Friends will be received Tuesday 2-4, 6-8 p.m. in the EDWARD P. KANAI FUNERAL HOME, 500 Greenfield Ave. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations to Gateway Rehabilitation or Yeshiva Schools is suggested. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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