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© The Amarillo Globe-News
23 April 2002

Verda Mae Wheeler

???? ~ April 14, 2002 | Age 85

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.

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