O. Dean Wheeler

1930 - 2012  (81 years)

• Name	O. Dean Wheeler
  Born	23 Nov 1930	Galatia, Barton County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Aug 2012	Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Buried	16 Aug 2012
  Person ID	I6967	Rossville
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Orville Thomas Wheeler
  Mother	Augusta Carolina Hester Wheeler
  Family ID	F6344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lois A Rieschick Wheeler,   d. 22 Jan 1996
  Married	14 Jun 1953	Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	1. Jerry Wheeler
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2018 08:22:17
  Family ID	F6345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ramona Pelton Wheeler
  Married	16 Aug 1996	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2018 08:22:46
  Family ID	F6346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 14 Jun 1953 - Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Wheeler, O. Dean O. Dean Wheeler O. Dean Wheeler, 81 of Soldier, died Sunday, Aug. 12,2012, at Community Hospital in Onaga. He was born Nov. 23, 1930, in Galatia, the son of Orville Thomas and Augusta Carolina Hester Wheeler. Dean attended schools in Hoisington. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. Dean had a dairy farm in Soldier for many years. Dean enjoyed fishing, hunting, calling in coyotes and attending grandkids’ sporting events. He was an avid K-State fan. Dean married Lois A. Rieschick on June 14, 1953, in Soldier. She preceded him in death on Jan. 22, 1996. Dean married Ramona Pelton on Aug. 16, 1996, in Oklahoma City, Okla. She survives. He is survived by a son, Jerry Wheeler and wife Annette of Soldier; daughters, Connie Arney and husband Stan of Wichita, Dora Gakle and fiance Noel Clark of Claremore, Okla., Kelly Browning and husband Steve of Havensville, Tawni Myers and husband Randy “Buck” of Havensville, and Brandi Bergstresser and husband Brandon of Rossville; grandsons, Benjamen Wheeler of Manhattan and Bryson Wheeler of Holton; 21 stepgrandchildren; and 18 stepgreat grandchildren. Dean was preceded in death by grandson Nathan Wheeler in 1980, a sister, Opal Dumler, and brothers, Lester and Jack Wheeler. Funeral services were Aug. 16 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Memorials may be given to Alzheimer’s Association, in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.