Edward Robert Wheeler

Edward Robert Wheeler, 96, of Weiser, Idaho, passed away at his home of natural causes on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019.
 Edward was born Feb. 24, 1923 in Nortonville, Kansas, the son of Ernest Wheeler and Edna Lugibihl Wheeler. He had three brothers and one sister that preceded him in death. Charles, Merlin, and Edgar Wheeler and Louise Wheeler Sullivan.
 Edward grew up on a farm north of Nortonville, Kansas during the dust bowl and Depression. He attended a one room school house, having to walk two miles every day, for grades one through eight. He graduated high school in Effingham, Kansas in 1940.
 After high school graduation he worked for a dollar a day at a local gas station then moved to Kansas City, Kansas to work as a riveter on B25 bombers.
 He joined the Air Force in 1942 and went to radio school. He served in the South Pacific during World War II working on P47 Thunderbolts and P51 Mustangs.
 After an honorable discharge from the Air Force he used his GI bill to attend the University of Kansas, graduating in 1950 and then the University of Kansas Medical School, graduating in 1954.
 He married Madeline Crosswhite in Nortonville, Kansas on June 1, 1952. Madeline preceded him in death Dec. 14, 2014.
 Edward practiced medicine in Wichita, Topeka, and Scranton, Kansas, and Dubuque and Muscatine, Iowa before moving to Weiser, Idaho in 1969. He opened a family medical clinic serving the community for 40 years before retiring.
 He was very involved in church and with family. He loved woodworking, gardening, canning produce, and just being outdoors.
 He is survived by his children, daughter Vicki and husband Tom Jacobitz of Stella, Neb., daughter Sharon Sawyer of Richardson, Texas, daughter Beverly and husband Brad Attebery of Weiser, Idaho, son Meredith Wheeler of Dallas, Texas, daughter- in-law Naomi Wheeler of Plano, Texas, son James Wheeler and wife Jodi of Raymond, Wash., daughter Angela and husband Tim Barklow of Ontario, Ore., daughter Tamara Suemnick of Weiser, Idaho, and son Timothy Wheeler and wife Tracy of Boise, Idaho.
 He is also survived by 19 grandchildren and 31 great- grandchildren.
 A memorial service is to be held Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Vendome Events Center in Weiser, Idaho.