Aunt Sylvia lived to be 95 years of age and maintained a relatively good quality of life. She is buried next to her husband John in the Mayfield Cemetery in Carlinville, Illinois.
Published in the Fort Wayne Newspapers on 9/9/2008:
SYLVIA MARIAN WHEATON LINK, 95, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2008. Born July 18, 1913, in Ramsey County, St. Paul, Minn., she was the third of 12 children and the daughter of Maud Lydia Lindberg and Charles V. Wheaton. She married John A. Link on Aug. 15, 1941. Together they had one son, John Wheaton Link. For many years, she worked at Western Union Telegraph Company, in Chicago, Ill. Following her retirement, she worked at the Y.W.C.A., in Evanston, Ill. until her move to Fort Wayne, in 1994 to be near son, John and his family. She is survived by her son, John (Carma); grandson, Jeremy David (Judy); and great-grandchildren, Ryan Jeffrey and Alyssa Rose. She was preceded in death by her husband, John on March 18, 1963. A private service for the family and burial will be held in Mayfield Memorial Cemetery, Carlinville, Ill. Preferred memorials to the Y.W.C.A. Arrangements by Hockemeyer & Miller Funeral Home, 6131 St. Joe Road.
Aunt Sylvia lived to be 95 years of age and maintained a relatively good quality of life. She is buried next to her husband John in the Mayfield Cemetery in Carlinville, Illinois.
Published in the Fort Wayne Newspapers on 9/9/2008:
SYLVIA MARIAN WHEATON LINK, 95, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2008. Born July 18, 1913, in Ramsey County, St. Paul, Minn., she was the third of 12 children and the daughter of Maud Lydia Lindberg and Charles V. Wheaton. She married John A. Link on Aug. 15, 1941. Together they had one son, John Wheaton Link. For many years, she worked at Western Union Telegraph Company, in Chicago, Ill. Following her retirement, she worked at the Y.W.C.A., in Evanston, Ill. until her move to Fort Wayne, in 1994 to be near son, John and his family. She is survived by her son, John (Carma); grandson, Jeremy David (Judy); and great-grandchildren, Ryan Jeffrey and Alyssa Rose. She was preceded in death by her husband, John on March 18, 1963. A private service for the family and burial will be held in Mayfield Memorial Cemetery, Carlinville, Ill. Preferred memorials to the Y.W.C.A. Arrangements by Hockemeyer & Miller Funeral Home, 6131 St. Joe Road.
Family Members
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Orville L Wheaton
1911–1998
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Corabelle Mae Wheaton Burton
1912–1995
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Andrew Wheaton
1916–1923
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Ida Evelyn Wheaton Nash
1917–2013
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Inez Irene Wheaton Foley
1919–2006
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Vivian Louise Wheaton Punteney
1920–1992
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Lloyd Ernest Wheaton
1922–2005
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Elvira Wheaton
1923–1929
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Arliene Velma Wheaton McKay
1925–2003
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Marvin Lindy " Pete" Wheaton
1927–1994
