Donald Wheeler 1885-1955

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Donald Vernon Wheeler
Born: July 25, 1885, Mill Shoals, White Co., IL
Died: Aug. 9, 1955 Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL
Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Married: 28 October 1908, Mill Shoals, White Co., IL

Grace Irene Behymer, daughter of Nathaniel & Louisa (Evans) Behymer
Born: Jan. 9, 1885, Mill Shoals, White Co., IL
Died: Dec. 15, 1970, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL
Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL

Records:
No date - Letter from Evelyn (Staton) Wheeler to Robert Wheeler listing names, births and marriages of Bernard Wheeler's children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

No date - 4 generation chart created by Robert Wheeler

Tombstone photographs

1983 - Family Group Sheet created by Robert Wheeler

Children:
1. Bernard Earl b. 8/7/1909 Mill Shoals, IL, d. 3/7/1988 Dayton, OH md. 8/18/1933 Crown Point, IN Evelyn Ann Staton b. 2/10/1907 Wayne City, IL, d. 3/23/2001, Montgomery Co., OH

2. Lowell N. b. 9/12/1911 Mill Shoals, IL, d. 6/2/1945 MO md. Vera Mae Gray b. 8/27/1917 Flora, IL, d. 3/2/2007 Fairfield, IL.  She married 2nd Frank Willis Funkhouser in 1946. He was born 11/26/1916, d. 1971.

3. Robert Graham b. 12/17/1915 Wayne City, IL, d. 10/6/2000 Goodlettsville, TN md. 12/25/1940 Frieda Kathryn French b. 8/7/1914 Golden Gate, IL, d. 4/30/2013.  Robert served in the military during World War II from August 1943 to Dec. 7, 1945.

Grandchildren:
1a. Donald Edward md. 1/26/1957 Elizabeth Ann Hanson
1b. Michael Staton md. 1) Joyce Marie Priddy 1960, divorced 1978; 2) Jeanne Tomisenni, 1980
1c. Bernard Earl (twin) md. Lucinda Alice Jones 3/20/1971
1d. Helen Louisa (twin) md. Carl William Phillips 6/5/1971
2a. Richard Gray b. 11/6/1939 md. Phyllis Maulding
2b. Kent md. Doris Hucker
2c. Ida Louise Funkhouser b. 7/20/1948 Mt. Vernon, IL, d. 11/28/1990 Mt. Vernon, IL md. 1968 Dionel Butler

Ida L. Butler, 42, 1018 Pace Ave., died 10:22 p.m. Nov. 28, 1990 at Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. Mrs. Butler was born July 20, 1948, in Mt. Vernon, a daughter of Frank Willis and Vera Mae (Gray) Funkhouser. Aug. 24, 1968, in Mill Shoals, she married Dionel E. Butler, who survives.  Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hughey Funeral Hoe with Dr. Clyde Funkhouser officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Hill Cemetery in Fairfield. . . . In addition to her husband, Mrs. Butler is survived by her mother of Fairfield; one son, James Adrian Butler of Mt. Vernon; one daughter, Stephanie Nichole Butler of Mt. Vernon; three brothers Richard Wheeler and wife Phyllis of Port Orange, Fla., and Kent Wheeler and wife, Doris, and Jim Funkhouser and wife, Carolyn all of Grayville; and several nieces and nephews.  Mrs. Butler was a member of Marcoe Full Gospel Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her father and grandparents.  . . . Mt. Vernon Register News, 11/1990

Vera Funkhouser's Daughter Dies at Good Sam Hospital, Wayne City Press, 11/1990:
. . . Her death follows an extended illness . . . Mrs. Butler was a homemaker . . .

2d. Jim Funkhouser md. Carolyn Duckworth
3a. Rebecca Ann md. David Garrison
3b. Robert Graham, Jr. md. 1) Judith Wilson & 2) Marian Pollard

Great Grandchildren:
1a1. Mitchell Read b. 1/25/1962 md. Jennifer York
1a2. Elizabeth Ann md. Lars McLamore
1b1. David Michael md. Lynn Harris 6/11/1988
1b2. Susan Marie
1b3. Jennifer Lynn
1c1. Matthew Lowell
1c2. Leslie Erin
1d1. Cory William
1d2. Ann Marie
2a1. Richard II
2a2. Dana
2a3. Kim md. (--?--) Bentzoni
2a2. William W.
2b1. Klay
2b2. Denise
2c1. James Adrian Butler
2c2. Stephanie Nichole Butler
2d1. Brooke
3a1. Jennifer Garrison md. (--?--) Griggs
3a2. Suzanne Garrison md. (--?--) Lowe
3a3. Sarah Garrison md. (--?--) Schultz
3b1. Rob III
3b2. Ben
3b3. Amanda md. (--?--) Salmon

Great Great Grandchildren:
1a1a. Abigail
2a1a. Mason
2b1a. Kale

Revised 6/8/2019

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