Florentine M. Wheeler

Florentine M. Wheeler, 93, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, died Saturday, December 11, 2010, at the Elmwood Assisted Living in Fremont, Ohio. She was born November 8, 1917, in Oak Harbor, Ohio, to Harmon and Rose Hasenmeier Schultz. On June 18, 1938, in Oak Harbor she married Russell L. Wheeler and he preceded her in death August 19, 1970. Florentine was a homemaker, but for 15 years worked as a secretary for Dr. Gordon Ley and Dr. Robert Minick. She was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oak Harbor and the Eastern Stars Chapter #133 in Fremont. She loved gardening, taking trips to Florida and Mexico with her husband, and especially loved cooking and baking with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Florentine is survived by her daughters, Judith Gary Witt of Oak Harbor, Virginia Barry Finken of Oak Harbor and Susan Dick Boyer of Fremont, grandchildren, David LuAnn Witt, Jerry Kelly Witt, Steven Cathy Witt, Kent Leslee Finken, Kristina Finken, Jason Debbie Lenke and Barbara Eric Oehler, step grandchildren, Kevin Mellissa Boyer and Jennifer Chris Lachner, 13 great grandchildren, and 7 step-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Russell, infant grandson, Kevin Finken, sisters, Helen Moore, Martha Heller, Leona Sahloff and Dorothy Guntsch and brothers, Carl and Arthur Schultz. Per Florentine