Obit of John Wheeler (w460) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 9 Sep 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Wheeler, Moon, Burks, Richardson Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5172 Funeral services for John Wheeler, 70, long-time resident of Canadian, were conducted Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Canadian, with Sanford Cole in charge of the rites, assisted by Rev. Joe Vernon, pastor of the church. Burial was in the Canadian cemetery. Mr. Wheeler died at his home in Canadian early Friday morning January 26, 1962 after a long illness. John Calvin Wheeler was born in Houston, Missouri, on May 2, 1891. He moved to western Oklahoma in 1914 and came to Canadian in 1920. After some years away from here, the family returned to Canadian in 1935 and had lived here since that time. Mr. Wheeler was a mason and a carpenter. Surviving him are his wife: one daughter, Mrs. T.L. (Patsy) Murphy of Pampa, Texas; four sons, Elmo and Tony of Canadian, Paul of El Centro, California, and Clyce, who is now in Tunisia, North Africa; one brother, Ben Wheeler of Vinita, Oklahoma; and three sisters, Mrs. Alice Moon of Houston, Missouri; Mrs. Molly Burks of Fullerton, California; and Mrs. Jess Richardson of Reydon, Oklahoma. Pallbearers at the funeral rites were Mr. Wheeler's nephews, Joe and Dow Wheeler of Canadian, Bobby Richardson of Pampa, Paul and Pete Burks of Reydon and Dillard Wheeler of Reydon, Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK