Mr. Wiss, who was 58, was executive vice-president, treasurer and a director of J. Wiss & Sons Co., Newark cutlery manufacturers. He was a grandson of Jacob Wiss, a Swiss cutler and gunsmith who founded the Newark firm in 1848.
He was born in Newark, son of Mrs. Charlotte L. Wiss and the later Frederick C.J. Wiss. He was graduated from Barringer High School and from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania in 1917. He joined the family concern after graduation. He moved to Short Hills about 30 years ago.
During World War I Mr. Wiss served as an Army Officer. He served in the National Recovery Administration, on the National Labor Relations Board, the War Production Board, the Millburn-Short Hills draft board and the Industrial Advisory Board. He was active for many years in the American Red Cross.
He was a trustee and director and a former vice-president of the New Jersey Manufacturers' Association and the National Association of Shears, Scissors and Manicure Implement Manufacturers.
Mr. Wiss was also an officer and director of Wiss Sons, Inc. Newark jewelers. He was a former director of the U.S. Trust Co. of Newark, which later merged with the National State Bank, and a former director of Aero Mufflers Co., Bol-Inca Mining Co. and the West Co. of Philadelphia.
He was a member of Damascus Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar; St. John's Lodge No. 1, F & AM; Salaam Temple, Bay Head Yacht Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, Essex Club and Skytop LOdge. He attended Christ Church.
Besides his mother, who lives in Short Hills, Mr. Wiss leaves his wife, Mrs. Mildred Sommer Wiss; three sons, Norman F. Jr. of Livingston and Kenneth B. and Frederick D. of Short Hills; a brother, J. Robert Wiss of South Orange; a sister, Mrs. W. Denton Taylor of Short Hills, and five grandchildren.