Dawn H. Wheeler, 34, of New Bedford passed away Friday, May 16, 2008 at St. Luke’s Hospital. Born in New Bedford, she was daughter of Martha I. (Jones) Browne of Warner, NH and the late Charles E. Wheeler and step-daughter of Robert Browne, Jr. of Warner, NH and Karen Wheeler of Dartmouth. A graduate of White Mountain Regional High School in Whitefield, NH and UMass Dartmouth, she was an ad designer for a newspaper company. She was a member of Smith Mills Christian Congregational Church in Dartmouth. She loved her cat Ginger.
Including her mother and step-parents she is survived by her maternal grandmother: Marion E. Jones of Dartmouth; 4 brothers: Daniel Wheeler of Fort Meyers, FL, Robert Browne III of Laconia, NH, James Wheeler of Dartmouth and Michael Wheeler of Dartmouth; 3 nieces; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Memorial service to which relatives and friends are invited will be Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at Smith Mills Christian Congregational Church in Dartmouth at 5:00 P.M.
Donations may be made in her memory to NORD, the National Organization of Rare Diseases, 55 Kenosia Ave., PO Box 1968, Danbury, CT 06813-1968 at (203) 744-0100 or the ASPCA, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 424 East 92nd St., New York, NY 10128-6804 at 1 (800) 628-0028.