Edson Wheeler Obituary (1943

Edson G. Wheeler, Sr., 67, of Yakima, passed away May 4, 2011 at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Ed was born October 5, 1943 in Walla Walla to Alton F. and Evelyn (now Gushliak) Wheeler. He graduated from Davis High School in 1963 and attended Yakima Valley Community College. He served in the U. S. Army from 1964 to 1969. On September 11, 1965, Ed married Judi Johnson in Bremerton. He became a corrections officer for the State of Washington in 1979 and continued in that work until his retirement in 2008 from Ahtanum View Correction Complex. Ed enjoyed fishing, hunting, golfing, car shows, and his granddaughters. He was a member of the Elks, the American Legion, and the Veteran of Foreign Wars. Eds surviving family includes his wife Judi L. Wheeler of Yakima; son Ed Wheeler, Jr. or Stanwood, WA; daughter Jeannette Wheeler of San Diego, CA; granddaughters Linda Wheeler and Breann Wheeler of Stanwood; mother Evelyn Gushiak of Kennewick, and brother Al Wheeler, Jr. of Kennewick. Eds father preceded him in death. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, May 9, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. at Shaw & Sons Funeral Directors, 201 N. 2nd Street. Memorial donations may be made in Eds memory to the charity of donors choice.