Marshall Willard Wheeler1

M, #42754, b. May 24, 1903, d. Jun 24, 2003
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Family

Elsie Cozella Thornton b. Feb 24, 1909, d. Dec 19, 1996

Chronological Events

Birth*May 24, 1903 Marshall Willard Wheeler was born on May 24, 1903 at Clinton, Oneida County, New York, United States.1 
Marriage*Nov 28, 1929 He married Elsie Cozella Thornton, daughter of Stephen Martin Thornton and Aurilla Augusta Hurd, on Nov 28, 1929.1 
Death*Jun 24, 2003 Marshall Willard Wheeler died on Jun 24, 2003, at age 100 at Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.1 
ObituaryJun 27, 2003  OBITUARY: KEENE -- Marshall Willard Wheeler, 100, of Langdon Place died June 24, 2003, surrounded by his children.
It was one month after his 100th birthday celebration was attended by more than 40 family members and friends.
He was born on May 24, 1903, in Clinton, N.Y., the son of John and Adella (Browning) Wheeler. He graduated from Clinton High School in 1921 and from Hamilton College in Clinton in 1925 where he majored in Greek. He earned a master's degree in education administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
In 1926, Mr. Wheeler was a math teacher and football coach for Sidney High School in Sidney, N.Y., where he met Elsie Thornton Gibson. They married on Thanksgiving Day in 1929 and were together for 68 years.
He was an educator for 39 years. He served as principal of Martin Van Buren High School in Kinderhook, N.Y., and of Lansingburgh High School in Troy, N.Y., for 25 years.
He was an avid outdoorsman; he enjoyed fishing, camping, hiking and hunting. He was a rifle instructor at a boys camp in Union, Maine. He and Elsie were fire wardens during summers in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, hiking up and down the mountains every other day for supplies.
He and Elsie built a camp with the help of family and friends on Lake Piseco, N.Y. They spent their retirement years between there and Aiken, S.C.
He was active in Kiwanis and was a member of the Episcopal Vestry in Trinity, Troy, and St. Hubert's in Lake Pleasant, N.Y.
He was predeceased by his wife, Elsie, on Dec. 19, 1996.
Family members include two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Carol "Pat") DeMillia of West Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. John (Anne "Judy") Laffan of Tampa, Fla; a son, Dr. John Wheeler of Piseco, N.Y; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
SERVICES: There will be no calling hours. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Langdon Place, 136½ Arch St., Keene. Rev. Peter R. Coffin, rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Keene, will officiate.
Burial will be in Higgins Bay Cemetery in Piseco, N.Y.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, N.Y. 13323, or to a charity of one's choice.
For more information or to send a condolence, please visit www.cournoyer.com.

Published by The Union Leader (Manchester, NH) - Friday, June 27, 2003.1

 
Burial*Jul 1, 2003 He was buried on Jul 1, 2003 at Higgins Bay Cemetery, Arietta, Hamilton County, New York, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 46384619.2 

Citations

  1. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  2. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #19.