Wesley Dean Wheaton

Wesley Dean Wheaton, 75, passed away on July 12, 2015 after a long illness. He was born in Petoskey, Michigan, to Alton and Ruth Annis Wheaton on April 1, 1940. Dean was a graduate of Petoskey High School, Michigan State University, and the University of Akron. He joined Goodyear Aircraft (later Goodyear Aerospace Corporation) in 1963. He retired as manager of MIS of the Wheel and Brake Division of the Loral Systems Group formerly GAC after twenty eight years of service in 1991.

Dean earned a private pilot license with an instrument rating and was a member of the Goodyear Flying Club and Aerospace Fliers. He was a 20-year member of the National Ski Patrol at Boston Mills-Brandywine. He enjoyed traveling and giving travel presentations to libraries and civic groups. Dean wrote two books on his family history and made presentations on genealogy research throughout northeast Ohio. He was an assistant librarian at the Akron Family History Center.

Dean was preceded in death by his father Alton Wheaton, brother Dr. Frederick Warner Wheaton, and in-laws Dale and Martha Hothem Miller. He is survived by his wife Marna Miller Wheaton and mother Ruth Annis Wheaton. He is survived by daughters Beth (Tom) Jackson, daughter Gail (Jon) Stires, and son David (Anjanette) Wheaton all of Florida. His grandchildren include TJ, Jordan, Sterling, Kailynn, Evan and great granddaughter Keilah.

He is also survived by sister-in-law Margie Wheaton and brother-in-law and sister-in-law Merrell and Margie McGinley Miller. He is survived by two nieces and two nephews and four great nieces and a great nephew.

Special thanks go to George and Cindy Riedel for their longtime friendship and unwavering support through the years and to the staff at Magnolia Village Retirement Home in Wadsworth and Akron General Visiting Nurse Hospice Service Hospice Care.

Friends will be received at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., on Friday, July 17th from 5-8P.M. where a Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 18th, 2015 at 2:00 P.M., with visitation also one hour prior to the service. Cremation has taken place and private internment will be held at the Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, MI.

Memorials may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York 10018 or to an organization of one's choice.

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