John-Wheaton-Obituary

John Rodgers Wheaton

Sacramento, California

1938 - 2022

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John Rodgers Wheaton March 12, 1938 - August 12, 2022 Sacramento, California - John Rodgers Wheaton, 84, died peacefully August 12, 2022, at his home in Sacramento. John was born in San Francisco, and as a child moved to Pasadena. John's high school years at The Thacher School in Ojai, CA were...

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I read the following from John´s wonderful life story you have shared ... is especially meaningful to me as his longtime friend fraternity brother fellow ROTC soldier and so so much more ... including through hiker on the PCT going from the Mexican border to Lake Tahoe). Didn´t know about the cabin did hike near the American River ... " If there was a heaven on earth for John, it was the family cabin in the Sierra Nevada. Built by his parents the year of his birth, the rustic summer cabin was...

Thanks John for being our guide on our Dartmouth Freshman outing in early September, 1956. I'm glad you were there, cause I did not know what I was doing. And for my first Rose Bowl weekend, 1959-1960. I'll never forget it, for several reasons. RIP. Coleman/Butch/BHCF