Clara N. (Schwab) Wisbach, 89, of Winchester, died on Oct. 30. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., daughter of the late Newton and the late Ruth (Wasserman) Schwab, she spent her youth in Connecticut, lived in Newton, Tiverton, R.I., and in Duxbury for 15 years, returning to Winchester in 1994.

Mrs. Wisbach taught history and social studies at Lincoln Middle School in Providence, R.I. and in Arlington at the Massachusetts Middle School. She was also a media specialist at Quincy Broad Meadows School. She was  graduate of Newton High School, Class of 1936, Pembroke School for Women, now Brown University, Class of 1940 and earned her master’s degree in library science from Simmons College in Boston in 1972.

She also did graduate work at Brown University from 1956-1958. Active in her community, she was a member of the First Congregational Church of Wellesley, the Winton Club in Winchester, past president of the Duxbury Garden Club, member of the Pilgrim Church Women’s Fellowship in Duxbury, Boston Junior League, the Brown University Club and the Duxbury Architectural Review Board and founder of the Friends of the Plymouth Philharmonic.

Mrs. Wisbach was the wife of the late G. Gale. She leaves her sons; Gordon G. Wisbach, Jr. of Weston, and John N. Wisbach of Duxbury; a daughter, Judith W. Curtis of Durham, N.C.; grandchildren, Gordon G. Wisbach III and Heidi S., Julia G., Allison M., and John Ross Wisbach; Elizabeth C. Zwerver and G. Haldane Curtis IV; five great grandchildren, and dear friend, Thomas Brooks.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 21 Church Street, Winchester.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in memory of Clara N. Wisbach to Brown University, PO Box 1893, Providence, RI 02912.