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John Thorne WHEELER November 4, 1926 ~January 15, 2012 John was descended from the pioneer Renton Smithers family. After John graduated from Whitman College he joined his father's property management firm. John then went on to work for Washington Mutual Bank for 35 years. He retired as Vice President of Security. An outdoorsman, John was a member of the Kenmore Gun Club, Pheasants Forever and Ducks Unlimited. John is survived by his beloved sister, Ada Lou Wheeler of Seattle. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. St. Dunston's Episcopal Church, 722 N. 145th Street, Shoreline, WA 98133 Memorials may be sent to a charity of your choice or the Northwest Kidney Center.To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Bill Ballew
January 31, 2012
I was sorry to read of John's death. In earlier times we worked for the same bank and shared a love of the game of golf and played many rounds at Mt Si and various courses in the area. I remembered my wife and I giving him a ride to an Oregon vs Washington game in the old Multnomia stadium in Portland many years ago. We both belonged to a group that met from time to time to play poker and some of the games were in the Wheeler summer place on Bainbridge. My wife and I even spent a most enjoyable week-end in there as John's guest one summer many years ago.
We had drifted apart in later years after we both retired but the notice in the paper brought back a flood of these and other fond memories.
My age has brought some restrictions to my activities so I won't be able to attend the memorial service.
May he rest in peace;. He was a good guy.
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