Colleen Ethel Wheeler1

F, #40118, b. Jun 17, 1923, d. Jan 5, 2003
Pedigree

Family

Bernard Ervin Olney b. Jan 10, 1921, d. Sep 13, 1980

Chronological Events

Birth*Jun 17, 1923 Colleen Ethel Wheeler was born on Jun 17, 1923 at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, United States.1 
Marriage*May 7, 1943 She married Bernard Ervin Olney, son of Harry Ervin Olney and Grace May Bixby, on May 7, 1943 at Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.1,2 
Death*Jan 5, 2003 Colleen Ethel Wheeler died on Jan 5, 2003, at age 79 at Springfield Health & Rehabilitation Center, Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, United States.1 
ObituaryJan 7, 2003  OBITUARY: PERKINSVILLE - Colleen W. Olney, 79, died Jan. 5, 2003, at Springfield Health & Rehabilitation Center.
She was born June 17, 1923, in Chester, the daughter of Irving and Ethel (Wheelock) Wheeler.
She attended schools in Chester.
She married Bernard Olney on May 7, 1943, in Sioux City, Iowa.
Mrs. Olney was a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church in Chester.
She enjoyed raising flowers, feeding wild birds, bowling and vacations in Maine.
Survivors include five daughters, Teresa Miller of Niskayuna, N.Y., Bonnie Roys and Sally Knight, both of Springfield, Susan Miles of North Springfield and Nancy Chambers of Baltimore; two sons, Ronal Olney of Sutton, N.H., and Stephen Olney of Perkinsville; two sisters, Norma Bratton of Chester and Nylene Oliver of Ocala, Fla; a brother, Graydon Wheeler of Belchertown, Mass; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband Bernard Olney in 1980; and a brother, Allan Wheelock.
The funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Chester with the Rev. Thomas Charlton, pastor, officiating. Burial will take place at a later date in Pine Grove Cemetery in North Springfield.
Friends may call Wednesday morning at the church one hour prior to the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 187, Chester, 05143.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Memorial Chapel in Springfield.

Published in the Rutland Herald (VT) - Tuesday, January 7, 2003.3
 
Burial*Jan 8, 2003 She was buried on Jan 8, 2003 at Pine Grove Cemetery, North Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 180609656.4 

Citations

  1. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S623] Newspaper - GenealogyBank.com, online at GenealogyBank.com.
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S80] Gravestones - Death Cert Proof, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #293.

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