Herbert N. Wheeler, son of Rev. and Mrs. S. R. Wheeler, was born Sept. 27, 1873, at Pardee, Kan., and died at Boulder, Colo., Dec. 2, 1964.
Mr. Wheeler received higher education degrees from Milton College 1897 and Colorado University 1902 and later an honorary doctor's degree from Milton. He united with the Boulder Seventh Day Baptist Church, which his father founded, and remained a member until his death. He served as supervisor of many of the National Forests of the West and was for many years chief lecturer for the U. S. Forest Service, lecturing throughout the United States and Hawaii.
His wife, the former Felicitas Walther, died in 1955. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Orville (Clarissa) Rasmussen, and by nieces and nephews. One sister, Mrs. D. M. Andrews, and two brothers, John and Alfred, preceded him in death.
Funeral services with his pastor, Mynor Soper, officiating were held December 5. Interment was in the Green Mountain Cemetery. M. G. S.
(Retrieved from Rootsweb.com/"They Came To Milton" by Jon Saunders and submitted here by Jean Jorgensen, FAG contributor 47179150).
Herbert N. Wheeler, son of Rev. and Mrs. S. R. Wheeler, was born Sept. 27, 1873, at Pardee, Kan., and died at Boulder, Colo., Dec. 2, 1964.
Mr. Wheeler received higher education degrees from Milton College 1897 and Colorado University 1902 and later an honorary doctor's degree from Milton. He united with the Boulder Seventh Day Baptist Church, which his father founded, and remained a member until his death. He served as supervisor of many of the National Forests of the West and was for many years chief lecturer for the U. S. Forest Service, lecturing throughout the United States and Hawaii.
His wife, the former Felicitas Walther, died in 1955. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Orville (Clarissa) Rasmussen, and by nieces and nephews. One sister, Mrs. D. M. Andrews, and two brothers, John and Alfred, preceded him in death.
Funeral services with his pastor, Mynor Soper, officiating were held December 5. Interment was in the Green Mountain Cemetery. M. G. S.
(Retrieved from Rootsweb.com/"They Came To Milton" by Jon Saunders and submitted here by Jean Jorgensen, FAG contributor 47179150).
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