Obituary

  Mrs. John H. Wheelan, 92, of 1015 South Iowa Avenue, in Washington, died Saturday evening, Oct. 27, 1979 at the Washington County Hospital. She had not been well for some time.
  The funeral will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. in St. James Catholic Church with the Rev. Edward J. Shepherd in charge. Rosary will be Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery.
  Mrs. Wheelan was born at Ainsworth March 4, 1887. Martha Veronica Swift was the daughter of John C. and Mary Rimmer Swift. She was raised in this county and married here Feb. 18, 1914 to John H. Wheelan. They farmed near Washington until moving to town in 1967. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society, Catholic Daughters of America, St. Anthony Circle and Harmony Club. Mrs. Wheelan had worked as a telephone operator prior to her marriage.
  Surviving are her husband; four children: Mrs. Bernard (Esther) Blaine of Kansas City, Mo., Donald of Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Robert (Roberta) Clark of Arenzville, Ill., and Mike Wheelan of Washington; 19 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. L.G. (Martina) Bailey of Davenport; and a number of nieces and nephews.
  Twelve brothers and sisters preceded her in death.
(Washington Evening Journal, Monday, October 29, 1979)

  Wheelan. -- Funeral Mass for Martha V. Wheelan was held Tuesday in St. James Catholic Church with Father Edward J. Shepherd celebrant. Casketbearers were John C. Clark, Jeffrey Clark, Phil Leyden, Dan Wheelan, Mike Kurtz and John Bailey. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
(Washington Journal, Washington, Iowa, Wednesday, October 31, 1979)