St. Clair County Obits

JULIAN WESLEY WHEELER

Clinton Daily Democrat
25 March 2002
Julian (Jay) Wesley Wheeler, 62, Urich, died Friday, March 22, 2002, at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital, San Antonio, Texas.

Clinton Daily Democrat
4 April 2002
Julian Wesley “Jay” Wheeler was born July 28, 1939 in Quick City, to Nora (Doyal) and Alva Wheeler. He was educated around the Urich and Kansas City area. He joined the Marine Corps in 1956, finishing his high school education, he served in California and the Philippines. In 1960 he married Shirley Gragg and to this union three children were born. He strived to teach his children love of family, country and God. He was baptized in 1960 in the Munsell Baptist Church, Independence, and was currently a member of the Baptist Church in Urich. Jay was a mechanic by trade, a hardworking, loving and caring man. Throughout his long struggle with many illnesses he rarely complained, always concerned for his family as they cared for him. Jay spent many years researching genealogy and was in contact with many people throughout the United States in served of his heritage. He worked many years for the care and preservation of the Wheeler Cemetery at the old homestead, outside Osceola. He is survived by Shirley, his wife of 41 years; son, Stephen Wesley of Fort Worth, Texas; daughters, Cynthia Bernice Inman and husband John, Greenwood, and Sheryl Marie Maas and husband Eric; granddaughters, Alexandra and Sophia Maas of Dallas, Texas; brother, Wilmer Wheeler and wife Alice, Quenemo, Kansas; sister, Betty Jean Smith and husband Donald, Adrian; aunt, Dorothy Wheeler Lowry of Clinton, along with a host of nephews, nieces, other family and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.