Gladys E. Wheeler

New Symrna Beach, NY March 10, 1934 – September 24, 2014 Age 80

Gladys E. Wheeler

Dundee: Gladys E. Wheeler, age 80, of New Symrna Beach, FL, and Dundee, NY, passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility in Montour Falls, NY. Friends are invited to call from 5-7 PM Sunday (Sept. 28) at the Baird Funeral Home, 36 Water Street, Dundee. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Monday (Sept. 29) at the Barrington Community Church, Old Bath Rd., Dundee, with Rev. Gerald Vanaman officiating. Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Dundee. Memorial contributions may be made to Dundee Fire Company Emergency Squad, 12 Union St., Dundee, NY 14837, or the American Heart Association, Finger Lakes Chapter, 2113 Chili Ave., Rochester, NY 14624.

Gladys was born March 10, 1934, in Auburn, NY, the daughter of the late Adolf and Agnes Nelson Engvall. She graduated from Port Byron Central School in 1952 and went on to graduate from Auburn Business School in 1953. On August 27, 1955, in Port Byron, NY, she married the late Paul C. Wheeler, who passed away on March 21, 2005. Gladys worked alongside her husband as his secretary and treasurer of Sackett Oil, Inc., in Dundee. She was a member of the Barrington Community Church and a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star #86 in Weedsport, NY.

She is loved and will be missed by her two sons, Richard P. (Linda) Wheeler and James E. Wheeler, both of Dundee; a daughter, Deborah E. (Frank) McMullen of Greece, NY; a sister, Doris Dawson of Port Byron, NY; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Elizabeth Mills of Stevensville, MD, in July of 2014.

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