Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County, CA Published in the "Big Bear Grizzly" File uploaded 15 Feb 2005 This file is part of the California Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/californ.html Hazel Esther Wheeler 88, passed Jan. 16, 2005. Born Jan. 19, 1916, (Hazel was just shy of her 89th birthday) in Manhattan Beach, Calif., she was a teacher from 1940 through 1974. In 1986, Hazel moved to Big Bear as a permanent resident with her husband, William Adelbert Wheeler. She is survived by her son, William Earling Wheeler; nephew, Charles Uhlmann and his family of Tokyo, Japan; and niece Verna Cummings and her family of Binghamton, New York. Hazel was a long-time active member of the Latter Day Saints ward in Big Bear and will be missed by her many friends in the community.