Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Carpenter, Marie (Wheeler) March 20, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net December 5, 2012, 7:47 pm The Springfield News-Sun CARPENTER, Marie age 86 of Springfield, known to many as "The Fudge Lady", because of her homemade fudge she loved to make and give to others, passed away peacefully after a short battle with cancer with her daughters by her side on March 12,2011 in the home of her daughter in Springfield. She said she wanted to walk the "Streets of Gold" with her late husband Frank. She was born January 14,1925 in Lost Creek, West Virginia the daughter of the late Lester & Nora Wheeler. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Carpenter in 2005, brother Tom Wheeler ,sisters Katie Hill and Bonnie Hockman and grandson Bige Wooten. Survivors include her daughters, Mary (John) Rooks, & Angel (Jeff) Wooten. Grandchildren, Tammie Rooks, Jeana (Terry) Zeitz, Shannon (Tony) Hackathorne, Jeffrey (Jessi Ann) Wooten, & Jessica (Brian) Pasko. Great- Grandchildren, Jacki Isaacs, John, Nicki & Nattie Zeitz, Madison & Emily Hackathorne, Jocelyn, Noah & Alyssa Wooten, & Hayden Pasko. Great-Great- Grandson, Tanner Isaacs. Sister, Shirley Akers, brothers, George (Diana) Wheeler, Jack (Late Yvonne) Wheeler, Jim (Marlea) Wheeler, brothers-in-law, Carl (late Katie) Hill, & Sam (late Bonnie) Hockman. Numerous nieces, great nieces, nephews, great nephews. A gathering of family & friends will be held from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday in the Jackson Lytle & Lewis Funeral Home, 2425 N. Limestone St., Springfield, where services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday with Rev. Rick Clos officiating. Burial will follow in Terre Haute Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/c/carpente1664gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb