John Lewis Wheeler, 65 of Terre Haute, passed away on April 24, 2019 in his home, after a recently discovered progressive illness. John was born the son of John Lewis and Phyllis Eloise Bevington Wheeler in Peru, Indiana, September 13th, 1953.
He is survived by his beautiful wife, Claudia, who he married in 1985, along with their son, John Lewis and wife Alyssa of Virginia, daughter Melissa and her companion Neal Chander of England, step-daughters Debbie McCullough and Tina Hines as well as seven grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and two sisters, Margaret Rodecap and Linda Accosta, all of whom survive him. He is also survived by his great and good friend, John Wood of Terre Haute.
John graduated from Taylor High school in Center, Indiana and was a boy scout receiving honors of Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow. He has been proudly associated with emergency medical services since 1972 when he became a charter member of the National Registry of EMTs. He has served as an EMT, Paramedic and Emergency Medical Dispatcher, respectively, for several emergency services and multiple volunteer fire departments. Since 1999, John has been associated with Trans-Care Ambulance where he recently retired due to his illness. He was instrumental in the opening of that service, designing the communications center and installing its initial software. John was an active member of the Wabash Valley Genealogy Society and he enjoyed camping, hiking and boating in his private time. With his friend John Wood, he particularly enjoyed any type of racing that involved a motor as demonstrated by their yearly trips to NASCAR venues.
Services will be officiated by Gary Foust in Greiner Funeral Home, 2005 N 13th Street, on Monday, April 29, 2019, at 2:00p.m. Visitation will be from 11:00a.m. until service time on Monday. A procession will follow services, to Trans-Care, where his final call will be given. Cremation will be scheduled after services, and a private burial will be held in Roselawn Memorial Park at a later date.
He is survived by his beautiful wife, Claudia, who he married in 1985, along with their son, John Lewis and wife Alyssa of Virginia, daughter Melissa and her companion Neal Chander of England, step-daughters Debbie McCullough and Tina Hines as well as seven grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and two sisters, Margaret Rodecap and Linda Accosta, all of whom survive him. He is also survived by his great and good friend, John Wood of Terre Haute.
John graduated from Taylor High school in Center, Indiana and was a boy scout receiving honors of Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow. He has been proudly associated with emergency medical services since 1972 when he became a charter member of the National Registry of EMTs. He has served as an EMT, Paramedic and Emergency Medical Dispatcher, respectively, for several emergency services and multiple volunteer fire departments. Since 1999, John has been associated with Trans-Care Ambulance where he recently retired due to his illness. He was instrumental in the opening of that service, designing the communications center and installing its initial software. John was an active member of the Wabash Valley Genealogy Society and he enjoyed camping, hiking and boating in his private time. With his friend John Wood, he particularly enjoyed any type of racing that involved a motor as demonstrated by their yearly trips to NASCAR venues.
Services will be officiated by Gary Foust in Greiner Funeral Home, 2005 N 13th Street, on Monday, April 29, 2019, at 2:00p.m. Visitation will be from 11:00a.m. until service time on Monday. A procession will follow services, to Trans-Care, where his final call will be given. Cremation will be scheduled after services, and a private burial will be held in Roselawn Memorial Park at a later date.
John Lewis Wheeler, 65 of Terre Haute, passed away on April 24, 2019 in his home, after a recently discovered progressive illness. John was born the son of John Lewis and Phyllis Eloise Bevington Wheeler in Peru, Indiana, September 13th, 1953.
He is survived by his beautiful wife, Claudia, who he married in 1985, along with their son, John Lewis and wife Alyssa of Virginia, daughter Melissa and her companion Neal Chander of England, step-daughters Debbie McCullough and Tina Hines as well as seven grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and two sisters, Margaret Rodecap and Linda Accosta, all of whom survive him. He is also survived by his great and good friend, John Wood of Terre Haute.
John graduated from Taylor High school in Center, Indiana and was a boy scout receiving honors of Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow. He has been proudly associated with emergency medical services since 1972 when he became a charter member of the National Registry of EMTs. He has served as an EMT, Paramedic and Emergency Medical Dispatcher, respectively, for several emergency services and multiple volunteer fire departments. Since 1999, John has been associated with Trans-Care Ambulance where he recently retired due to his illness. He was instrumental in the opening of that service, designing the communications center and installing its initial software. John was an active member of the Wabash Valley Genealogy Society and he enjoyed camping, hiking and boating in his private time. With his friend John Wood, he particularly enjoyed any type of racing that involved a motor as demonstrated by their yearly trips to NASCAR venues.
Services will be officiated by Gary Foust in Greiner Funeral Home, 2005 N 13th Street, on Monday, April 29, 2019, at 2:00p.m. Visitation will be from 11:00a.m. until service time on Monday. A procession will follow services, to Trans-Care, where his final call will be given. Cremation will be scheduled after services, and a private burial will be held in Roselawn Memorial Park at a later date.
He is survived by his beautiful wife, Claudia, who he married in 1985, along with their son, John Lewis and wife Alyssa of Virginia, daughter Melissa and her companion Neal Chander of England, step-daughters Debbie McCullough and Tina Hines as well as seven grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and two sisters, Margaret Rodecap and Linda Accosta, all of whom survive him. He is also survived by his great and good friend, John Wood of Terre Haute.
John graduated from Taylor High school in Center, Indiana and was a boy scout receiving honors of Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow. He has been proudly associated with emergency medical services since 1972 when he became a charter member of the National Registry of EMTs. He has served as an EMT, Paramedic and Emergency Medical Dispatcher, respectively, for several emergency services and multiple volunteer fire departments. Since 1999, John has been associated with Trans-Care Ambulance where he recently retired due to his illness. He was instrumental in the opening of that service, designing the communications center and installing its initial software. John was an active member of the Wabash Valley Genealogy Society and he enjoyed camping, hiking and boating in his private time. With his friend John Wood, he particularly enjoyed any type of racing that involved a motor as demonstrated by their yearly trips to NASCAR venues.
Services will be officiated by Gary Foust in Greiner Funeral Home, 2005 N 13th Street, on Monday, April 29, 2019, at 2:00p.m. Visitation will be from 11:00a.m. until service time on Monday. A procession will follow services, to Trans-Care, where his final call will be given. Cremation will be scheduled after services, and a private burial will be held in Roselawn Memorial Park at a later date.
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