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2A | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS On The Record OBITUARY WHEELER —Ralph Wheeler was born in Janu- ary 1931 in Bronx, N.Y. He was raised in New Jer- sey and received his educa- tion at all boy’s schools in New York and Vermont. In Vermont he gained his lifelong love of nature, the forest and woodworking. His parents were actors with “Bergen County Play- ers” where Ralph built the- ater sets. As a young, man he left college and joined the Navy. Later he was trans- Ralph was 54 and loved ferred to the Air being a father and, Force and was a eventually, a grand- machinist during father to six beauti- the Korean War. ful children. Ralph married He was “Grand- but never had chil- pa!” dren. After a hard In 1992, Ralph divorce, he met and and Pam moved married Pamela from Campbell, Miller in 1986. She Calif., to Florence, was a single moth- Ralph Wheeler the town they had er with a 7-year-old found and fell in son, a married daughter and love with in 1985. a 6-month old grandson. Ralph followed his dream of being a contractor and es- tablished “Wheeler’s Home Repair.” He served the Flor- ence community, building decks, docks, buildings, fences, etc., until he retired in 2008 at age 77. In 2010, Ralph fell ill due to a massive hematoma of the brain. His struggle lasted for nine years and he passed from this life on Feb. 19, 2019. He leaves behind his wife Pam; his step-son Gil Tur- turici, Audrey von Gease, six loving grandchildren, and three beautiful great-grand- babies. He also leaves two nieces in California and their wonderful families. Ralph, may you rest in peace and in the loving arms of your Lord and Sav-ior Je- sus Christ. Amen. There will be a memorial at Spruce Point. Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 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