WHEELER, Lillian R (nee Patterson) 1855-1943

WHEELER, PATTERSON, ROE

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 10/12/2010 at 14:21:04

Lillian R (nee Patterson) Wheeler – May 1855 -- December 19, 1943

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MRS WHEELER, RICEVILLE, DIES
Aged Woman Suffered Fall, Never Recovered

Osage – Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Shelladys funeral home at 1 o’clock for Mrs. Walter Wheeler, 88, who died Sunday morning at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Fannie Genke, at Riceville. Services will be in charge of the Free Methodist pastor at Riceville, with another service at Riceville at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Wheeler suffered a fall, last October, from which she has never recovered.

Mrs. Wheeler was born Lillian Patterson, one of 9 children, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Patterson, early pioneers in the Grove district near Riceville. She grew to girlhood in the Riceville community and there married Walter Wheeler. They retired to Osage in 1912. He died in 1940.

Two daughters were born, Eunice who died as a girl, and Mrs. Wirt Roe, also deceased.

Surviving are 2 brothers, Dr. David Patterson and Dr. Harry Patterson of Long Beach, California; one sister; Rena Patterson Campbell near Bozeman, Montana.

Mason City Globe Gazette , Monday, December 20, 1943

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1900 US Census: Jenkins, Mitchell, Iowa
Walter Wheeler 50 born December 1849 Wisconsin
Lillian Wheeler 45 born May 1855 Wisconsin