WHEELER, Irvin Clyde 1877-1962

WHEELER, SHUMWAY, KELLOGG, TRETTIN, CLARKE, GOODWIN, MILES

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 3/25/2011 at 12:43:28

Irvin Clyde Wheeler 1877-1962

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I. C. WHEELER RITES THURSDAY AT MCINTIRE

McIntire – Irvin C. Wheeler, 84, McIntire, died Sunday at the Riceville City Hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the McIntire Methodist Church. The Rev. William Horseman will officiate. Burial will be in Wayne Cemetery with Martz Funeral Home, Leroy, Minn, in charge.

Friends may call at the funeral home from Tuesday at 4 p.m. to Thursday noon and at the church until the time of the service.

Born October 30, 1877, in Wayne Township of Mitchell County, he had farmed all his life. He was married May 24, 1947 to Mildred Stevens.

Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Lois) Kellogg, McIntire; Mrs. Kermit (Olive) Trettin, Grafton; two sons, Clyde and Warren, Riceville; a sister, Mrs. Victor Clarke, Ashland, N. H.; eight grandchildren and a great grandchild.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday April 9, 1962

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WWI Draft Registration: September 12, 1918
Irvin Clyde Wheeler 41 living in McIntire, born October 31 1876; farmer, married, neareswt relative wife Cora I.
Note* the birth year on the WWI Draft registration is 1876 and in the obit it’s 1877.

Irvin Wheeler was the son of Eldrus and Annie (Goodwin) Wheeler. His first wife was Cora Irene Shumway, the daughter of Frank and Florence (Miles) Shumway. (as per 1925 Iowa Census: