Retired retail ad salesman Mike Wheeler dies

Donald Michael Wheeler

Michael Wheeler, 75, of Akron, died January 10, 2008 at Hospice Care Center.

He attended Kansas State Teacher College and later spent four years in the United States Air Force. Mike retired after 33 years from the Akron Beacon Journal. (He was a retail advertising salesman)

Preceded in death by his brother, Robert Wheeler and sisters-in-law, Eunice Lancaster and Fran McGuire, he is survived by his wife, Mary Ann (Elwood) and their children, Mike Wheeler and Cathy (Mark) Stewart; grandchildren, Matthew and Amy Stewart; sisters, Peggy (David) Kane and Dorothy (Joseph) Sebrey; sisters and brother-in-law, Lucille (George) Mamas, Joanne (Ed) Beil and Robert Elwood; and many nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, January 14, 2008 at 11 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church. Private interment of ashes. Memorials may be made to St. Sebastian Elementery School, 476 Mull Ave., Akron, OH 44320 or Hospice of VNS, 3358 Ridgewood Rd., Akron, OH 44333.
[Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, Monday, January 14, 2008, page B5, col. 6]