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Donald Earnest Wheeler

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Donald Earnest Wheeler

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
20 Oct 2003 (aged 94)
Fairview, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Age 94, formerly of Girard, son of the late Marvin and Nellie Southworth Wheeler. He was born in Clarks Corners, Ohio.

Retiring in 1972, he worked in the extrusion department at Continental Rubber Works in Erie. He formerly worked as a truck driver for Kashain Motors of Buffalo, N.Y., and at the ore docks in Erie. He attended school in Lake City. He served as an elder at Lake City Presbyterian Church, enjoyed gardening and fishing.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha I. Case Wheeler, whom he married Dec. 21, 1932; a son, Ronald E. Wheeler; a sister, Ethel Cole; three brothers, Archie, Elmer and Victor Wheeler; a half sister, Edna Wheeler; a half brother, Marvin Wheeler; and a grandson, John Wheeler.

Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn N. Redden and her husband, Calvin, of Lake City; a son, Richard B. "Bud" Wheeler and his wife, Geraldine, of Fairview; a daughter-in-law, Norma Wheeler of Apex, N.C.; a sister, Betty Frey and her husband, Lawrence, of Lake City; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Interment Girard Cemetery.
Age 94, formerly of Girard, son of the late Marvin and Nellie Southworth Wheeler. He was born in Clarks Corners, Ohio.

Retiring in 1972, he worked in the extrusion department at Continental Rubber Works in Erie. He formerly worked as a truck driver for Kashain Motors of Buffalo, N.Y., and at the ore docks in Erie. He attended school in Lake City. He served as an elder at Lake City Presbyterian Church, enjoyed gardening and fishing.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha I. Case Wheeler, whom he married Dec. 21, 1932; a son, Ronald E. Wheeler; a sister, Ethel Cole; three brothers, Archie, Elmer and Victor Wheeler; a half sister, Edna Wheeler; a half brother, Marvin Wheeler; and a grandson, John Wheeler.

Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn N. Redden and her husband, Calvin, of Lake City; a son, Richard B. "Bud" Wheeler and his wife, Geraldine, of Fairview; a daughter-in-law, Norma Wheeler of Apex, N.C.; a sister, Betty Frey and her husband, Lawrence, of Lake City; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Interment Girard Cemetery.


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