Obit of Verda Mae Wheeler (w460) - Caddo County, Oklahoma 14 Aug 2002

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Verda Mae Wheeler, 85, of Amarillo died Sunday, April 14, 2002, in 
Casa Grande, Ariz.

Memorial services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Rector Funeral Home 
Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St., with the Rev. Robert Field, retired 
Baptist minister, officiating.

Mrs. Wheeler was born in Apache, Okla. She attended Oklahoma State 
University and was a supply clerk before retirement. She was a member 
of American Legion Auxiliary and a past president for the state of 
Texas.

She had lived in Amarillo for 18 years before moving to Casa Grande 
in March. She enjoyed science fiction and action movies, reading, 
gardening, cooking and painting. She was a Methodist. She married Tom 
Wheeler in 1951.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1980; and a daughter, 
Sally Ann McKinney in 1999.

Survivors include three sons, Walter Perry Freeman of Casa Grande, 
Thomas C. Wheeler of College Station and Jack Wheeler of Amarillo; a 
brother, Perry Freeman of Oklahoma City; nine grandchildren; and 
three great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to American Legion Auxiliary Girls 
State Program.

Amarillo Globe-News, April 23, 2002