Ernest Wheeler

Ernest Wheeler was born February 1, 1929 in rural Portageville in Premiscot County, Missouri to Foster Wheeler and Ruth (Sutton) Wheeler. Ernest passed away at Mountain View Health Care in Mountain View, Missouri Wednesday, November 2 ^nd , 2016 at the age of 87.

Ernest served in the United States Army from December 1952 to December 1954 then serving in the army reserves until December 1960.

After the service he held down many jobs and retired from the oil refineries as a boat operator. He and his wife Alice moved back to the Holden family farm in Mountain View where they resided until Alice’s passing in 2004.

He was united in marriage to Alice Holden in 1973 making their union together 31 years before Alice passed away in 2004.

After Alice’s passing he moved to Summersville where he live at the Summersville Senior Housing. He made many friends while he lived in Summersville.

He is preceded in death by his beloved wife Alice, his parents Foster and Ruth, sisters Lorine Wheeler and Betty Huffman, Brothers Francis M. (Frank) Wheeler, Charles Wheeler.

Surviving are his son Drew Wheeler and his wife Juanita, and their two children Cameron and Nicholas, step-sons Dan Vincent and Harold Gene Vincent; brother Levi Wheeler, and a host of other family members.