George W. Wheaton, 74, died Tuesday, August 13, 1957, at his home in Springwater, after a long illness.
After a number of years of farming, he operated a grocery in Springwater for about thirty years, and retired in 1950.
Mr. Wheaton was treasurer of Mt. Vernon Evergreen Cemetery Association; a charter member of Springwater Grange; a member of Warren Patchen Lodge, F. and A. M., of Wayland; a member of Livingston Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Springwater; a member of the Springwater Board of Fire Commissioners, and of the Springwater Water Company.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Allie Capron Wheaton; a daughter, Mrs. Lola Wemett, of Springwater; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Fisher, of Springwater, Mrs. Merle Wright, of Dansville, and Mrs. Carl a. Gross, of Naples; two granddaughters; and nieces and nephews.
Services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the home, conducted by Rev. E. T. Read, of Wellsboro, Pa., a former pastor of the Springwater Methodist Church,
Burial will be made in Mt. Vernon Evergreen cemetery, in Springwater.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Vera Johnson Wheaton, 55, wife of George Wheaton, who died Saturday night at Wayland Hospital, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the home at Springwater with burial in Mt. Vernon Evergreen Cemetery, Springwater.
Mrs. Wheaton was a member of the Springwater school board, grange, Methodist Church, Rebeccas and a former member of Wayland O. E. S.
Surviving, besides her husband, are her daughter, Mrs. George Wemett, and granddaughter, Dawn Ann Wemett, all of Springwater.
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