Memorial Service: 1:30 P.M., Thursday, September 30, 2010 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home.
Visitation: The family will greet friends after the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at with a coffee time at the funeral home.
Graveside Service: Following the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery.
Rita May (Maynard) Wheeler, the daughter of Philip I. and Mary Maynard, was born April 30, 1922, in Northampton, MA. She graduated from St. Michael's in 1939, and was also a graduate of the School of Nursing of Franklin County in Massachussetts. Rita also served her country in the U.S. Army during WW II. She was part of the 11th Evacuation Hospital European Theater. After the war, she worked as a nurse and a homemaker. Rita was united in marriage with Francis E. Wheeler on December 1, 1945, in Northampton, MA. Rita had lived in Newton from 1945 until 2007, when she moved to Des Moines. She was a member of American Legion Post 111, VFW Post 1655, and the Lady Elks. Rita died at the age of 88, on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Fleur Heights Care Center in Des Moines. She was preceded in death by her parents; 4 brothers: Harold, Francis, Walter, and Lester Maynard; and 2 sisters, Ruth McCarthy and Florence Perrault. Those left to honor Rita's memory include her daughter, Janice L. Conary of Des Moines; 2 grandchildren, Jena M. (Hugo) Vasquez of Des Moines, and Dwayne G. (Mindy) Conary of Ventura, CA; 6 great-grandchildren: Mykayla F. Conary of Des Moines, Devon A. Richards of Des Moines, Vincent Vasquez of Des Moines, Jayden M. Conary of Des Moines, Gavin D. Conary of Ventura, CA, and Gabriel Vasquez of Des Moines; and her sisters-in-law, Beverly Rawlins, Lois Zimmerman, and Doris Clausen, all of Newton.
Visitation: The family will greet friends after the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at with a coffee time at the funeral home.
Graveside Service: Following the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery.
Rita May (Maynard) Wheeler, the daughter of Philip I. and Mary Maynard, was born April 30, 1922, in Northampton, MA. She graduated from St. Michael's in 1939, and was also a graduate of the School of Nursing of Franklin County in Massachussetts. Rita also served her country in the U.S. Army during WW II. She was part of the 11th Evacuation Hospital European Theater. After the war, she worked as a nurse and a homemaker. Rita was united in marriage with Francis E. Wheeler on December 1, 1945, in Northampton, MA. Rita had lived in Newton from 1945 until 2007, when she moved to Des Moines. She was a member of American Legion Post 111, VFW Post 1655, and the Lady Elks. Rita died at the age of 88, on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Fleur Heights Care Center in Des Moines. She was preceded in death by her parents; 4 brothers: Harold, Francis, Walter, and Lester Maynard; and 2 sisters, Ruth McCarthy and Florence Perrault. Those left to honor Rita's memory include her daughter, Janice L. Conary of Des Moines; 2 grandchildren, Jena M. (Hugo) Vasquez of Des Moines, and Dwayne G. (Mindy) Conary of Ventura, CA; 6 great-grandchildren: Mykayla F. Conary of Des Moines, Devon A. Richards of Des Moines, Vincent Vasquez of Des Moines, Jayden M. Conary of Des Moines, Gavin D. Conary of Ventura, CA, and Gabriel Vasquez of Des Moines; and her sisters-in-law, Beverly Rawlins, Lois Zimmerman, and Doris Clausen, all of Newton.
Memorial Service: 1:30 P.M., Thursday, September 30, 2010 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home.
Visitation: The family will greet friends after the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at with a coffee time at the funeral home.
Graveside Service: Following the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery.
Rita May (Maynard) Wheeler, the daughter of Philip I. and Mary Maynard, was born April 30, 1922, in Northampton, MA. She graduated from St. Michael's in 1939, and was also a graduate of the School of Nursing of Franklin County in Massachussetts. Rita also served her country in the U.S. Army during WW II. She was part of the 11th Evacuation Hospital European Theater. After the war, she worked as a nurse and a homemaker. Rita was united in marriage with Francis E. Wheeler on December 1, 1945, in Northampton, MA. Rita had lived in Newton from 1945 until 2007, when she moved to Des Moines. She was a member of American Legion Post 111, VFW Post 1655, and the Lady Elks. Rita died at the age of 88, on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Fleur Heights Care Center in Des Moines. She was preceded in death by her parents; 4 brothers: Harold, Francis, Walter, and Lester Maynard; and 2 sisters, Ruth McCarthy and Florence Perrault. Those left to honor Rita's memory include her daughter, Janice L. Conary of Des Moines; 2 grandchildren, Jena M. (Hugo) Vasquez of Des Moines, and Dwayne G. (Mindy) Conary of Ventura, CA; 6 great-grandchildren: Mykayla F. Conary of Des Moines, Devon A. Richards of Des Moines, Vincent Vasquez of Des Moines, Jayden M. Conary of Des Moines, Gavin D. Conary of Ventura, CA, and Gabriel Vasquez of Des Moines; and her sisters-in-law, Beverly Rawlins, Lois Zimmerman, and Doris Clausen, all of Newton.
Visitation: The family will greet friends after the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at with a coffee time at the funeral home.
Graveside Service: Following the service on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery.
Rita May (Maynard) Wheeler, the daughter of Philip I. and Mary Maynard, was born April 30, 1922, in Northampton, MA. She graduated from St. Michael's in 1939, and was also a graduate of the School of Nursing of Franklin County in Massachussetts. Rita also served her country in the U.S. Army during WW II. She was part of the 11th Evacuation Hospital European Theater. After the war, she worked as a nurse and a homemaker. Rita was united in marriage with Francis E. Wheeler on December 1, 1945, in Northampton, MA. Rita had lived in Newton from 1945 until 2007, when she moved to Des Moines. She was a member of American Legion Post 111, VFW Post 1655, and the Lady Elks. Rita died at the age of 88, on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Fleur Heights Care Center in Des Moines. She was preceded in death by her parents; 4 brothers: Harold, Francis, Walter, and Lester Maynard; and 2 sisters, Ruth McCarthy and Florence Perrault. Those left to honor Rita's memory include her daughter, Janice L. Conary of Des Moines; 2 grandchildren, Jena M. (Hugo) Vasquez of Des Moines, and Dwayne G. (Mindy) Conary of Ventura, CA; 6 great-grandchildren: Mykayla F. Conary of Des Moines, Devon A. Richards of Des Moines, Vincent Vasquez of Des Moines, Jayden M. Conary of Des Moines, Gavin D. Conary of Ventura, CA, and Gabriel Vasquez of Des Moines; and her sisters-in-law, Beverly Rawlins, Lois Zimmerman, and Doris Clausen, all of Newton.
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