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Irene
M. Wheeler Irene
M. Wheeler, 87, of 500 1st St. N, died of pneumonia Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Skiff
Medical Center in Newton. Memorial services will be Saturday at 11 am, at Reese
Chapel in Newton with the Rev. David Wendell, pastor of the First United
Methodist Church in Newton, officiating. A private family burial service will be
at Newton Union Cemetery at a later date. Reese Funeral Home in Newton is
handling arrangements. Family will greet friends at a luncheon following the
memorial service. Memorials will be accepted to Jasper County Historical Society
or the First United Methodist Church. The
daughter of Raymond and Ethel Decker Koder, she was born June 20, 1914, in
Newton. She graduated from Newton Senior High School In 1931. On June 14, 1933,
she married Clifford Wheeler in Des Moines. She worked at Montgomery Ward,
Winpower and the Newton Daily News. She had lived in Reasnor until moving to
Newton in 1942. Mrs. Wheeler was a member of the First United Methodist Church
and enjoyed playing bridge. Survivors Include two sons and daughters-in-law,
Ronald and Marian Wheeler of Marion and Richard Wheeler and Pat Gill of
Champaign, Ill, a sister, Edith Wood of Monroe; eight grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her
parents, husband, a daughter and a sister. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, October 11, 2001. |
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