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Virgil Linden Wheeler
31 Aug 1925 – 5 Dec 2004
| Birth | 31 Aug 1925 |
| Death | 5 Dec 2004 |
| Cemetery | Portales Cemetery Portales , Roosevelt County , New Mexico , USA |
| Added by | Carolyn on 20 May 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10056151 |
Bio
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Wheeler Mortuary Chapel in Portales. Mr. Virgil Wheeler, 79, died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, near Portales. He was born on Aug. 31, 1925, in Oklahoma to Dora and Johnny Wheeler. He "fudged" on his age in order to be able to enlist in the Navy in December of 1942 and served aboard the U.S.S. Elliott. Following the war, he started his career with the Santa Fe Railroad and retired as a Division Lineman in 1986 after 36 years, during which time he was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Since his retirement, he had continued to farm and ranch and raise Arabian horses. He married Patricia Simpson in Breckenridge, Mo., on Oct. 14, 1952. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Jerden and Ben Wheeler; three sisters, Bonnie Hackney, Luwanna Wheeler and Patsy Wheeler; a daughter, Elizabeth Kay Wheeler; and a grandson, Zebulon Wheeler. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Kevin Wheeler (and wife, Sheryll) of Thief River Falls, Minn., Keith Wheeler (Cheryl) of Gallup, and Kyle Wheeler (Betsy) of Sapello; four daughters, Karen Cantrell (Chris) of Fort Worth, Texas, Kris Vigil (Kenny) of Clovis, Kelen Kimbrel (Dale) of Albuquerque, and Frances Ruth Carlson of California; 18 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Harold Wheeler (Jenny) and Leroy Wheeler (Vondell), both of Norman, Okla., and Thomas Wheeler (Ann) of Florida; and a niece, Shirley Whatley. The Rev. J. R. Dick Ross will officiate the services. Burial will be at the Portales Cemetery. Pallbearers are Dale Kimbrel, Kenny Vigil, Kevin Wheeler, Keith Wheeler, Kyle Wheeler and Chris Cantrell. Honorary pallbearers are Kody Vigil, Justin Wheeler, Matthew Jaramillo and Andrew Espinosa. Arrangements are by Wheeler Mortuary of Portales.
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MM3 US NAVY WORLD WAR II MARRIED OCT. 14, 1951
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- Benjiman Eli Wheeler 1921–1945
- Jurden W. Wheeler 1923–1995
- Bonnie R Wheeler Hackney 1927–2003
- J. Leroy Wheeler 1930–2015
- Harold Dwan "H.D." Wheeler 1936–2017
- Eva Lawanna Wheeler Mitchell 1938–1997
- Patsy Marie Wheeler Crownover 1942–1990
- Charles Everett "Charlie" Lawson 1949–2025
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