Amelia Percy (Mahan) WHEELER

MAHAN, WHEELER, WESTCOTT, HELLEN, HERRICK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:54

Amelia Percy (Mahan) Wheeler
4 November 1854 ---- 27 April 1927

Amelia Percy Wheeler was born at Danville, Vermont on Nov. 4, 1854 and died at Eagle Grove, Iowa on April 27, 1927. She was the daughter of Nicholas and Percy Mahan. When she was about 15 years of age the family moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire, and remained there for seven years. There she completed her education and became a teacher in the public schools. In 1877 she moved with the family to Mason City, Iowa and in March of that year was united in marriage to Hibbard Wheeler. They lived for some years at Fort Dodge. About 35 years ago they came to Eagle Grove, where Mr. Wheeler conducted a department store. Mrs. Wheeler engaged in the millinery business in which she continued during the whole period of her residence in Eagle Grove. Mr. Wheeler died in August 1913. Mrs. Wheeler is survived by three sisters: Mrs. E. Westcott of Carthage, Mo.; Mrs. Mattie Hellen of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. W. G. Herrick of Eagle Grove, Iowa.

Mrs. Wheeler was quiet and home loving, kind, and helpful. While not a member of any church she was a believer in the Christian religion and sought to live a Christian life. She loved the Bible, and her mind was stored with its teaching.

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Foil & Wilson’s undertaking rooms, conducted by Rev. F. D. Reeves of the Congregational church. Burial in Eagle Grove cemetery.

EAGLE GROVE EAGLE ---- Eagle Grove, Iowa
Thursday, May 5, 1927

source --- Paul Wilde