Victoria Mary "Tori" Wise

Feb 22, 1958 -

Oct 17, 2025

Victoria passed away peacefully on Oct. 17, 2025. She was 67 years old. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska. She attended OSU, where she graduated with a B.S. in finance. After pursuing a corporate banking and construction loan career for over 20 years in Washington, she knew she wanted to experience more than the corporate world could offer and provide. The artistic and spiritual side of her led her on her next journey. Her pursuit down this path led to a support trip to the ground zero of the 9/11 tragedy. The impact of this trip ultimately resulted in relocating to Chicago, Ill. While living in Chicago for more than 10 years, she continued her pursuit of healing arts, spirituality and self-knowledge. Her love for expressing ourselves through art led her to open an art supply store, Artcetera, with a back studio for art classes. She was an avid Chicago Cubs and Bears fan! In 2013, she moved back to Anchorage to be closer to her immediate family. Here, she made many new friends. While she had many battles and challenges over the last 12 years, Victoria always had the will to carry on. Victoria loved animals, including her family cats over the years. They included Denali, Wrangel, Chugach and Shadow. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, James and Jean Wise (Robinson); and sister, Gretchen (Wise) Quinton. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Maureen (Wise) and Raymond Benner; and brother and sister-in law, Matthew and Dana Wise (Johnson). She was loved by many people and impacted everyone with her strong will to survive, her love for others and her spread of knowledge. A public Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. If interested, donations made in her memory to any of these organizations would be appreciated: Alaska Legal Services, Paws for Purple Hearts, Anchorage or the Wounded Warrior Project.