Robert C. Wheeler, 93, of Whitman, died Thursday in the Brockton Hospital after a brief illness. He was the beloved husband of 63 years to the late Marion “Maxine” (Whiting) Wheeler.
Mr. Wheeler was born in Abington and brought up in Rockland. He lived in Hanson for 10 years before settling in Whitman for the last 50 years.
Robert was a tool & die maker for the H.H. Arnold Machine Company of Rockland for 36 years and also worked at the Globe Rubber in Rockland until retirement. He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, cribbage and jigsaw puzzles. He was a loving father and loved by his family.
He is survived by his children, Robert A. Wheeler and his wife June, Penny Rudkin and her husband Wayne, Susan Bennett and her husband Harry, all of Whitman, Mark Wheeler and his wife Karla of Minnesota; his brother Richard C. Wheeler of Holbrook; his sisters Beverly Woodward of Florida and Shirley Litchfield of Pembroke; also 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. He was also the father of the late Pamela Wheeler and brother of the late Lewis Wheeler, Dorothy Cunningham, F. Isabel Ransom, Ruth Litchfield, Lillian Hobill and Claire Crowell.
His funeral service will be held Tuesday February 12th at 11AM in the Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Plymouth Street (Rte. 58 at the rotary) Whitman. Burial will follow in the Center Cemetery, Silver Street, Hanover. Visiting hours will be Monday February 11th from 4-8PM. Donations in his memory may be made to either the Wampatuck Memorial Fund c/o Joseph Cunningham, 33 Maquan Street, Pembroke, MA 02359 or Old Colony Hospice, One Credit Union Way, Randolph MA 02368.