Homer Henderson Wheeler was born on 8. Nov. 1872 at Adyeville, Perry County, Indiana. He was the son of
William R. Wheeler and
Mary Jane Hull. Homer Henderson Wheeler married
Altie Garver Gladden, daughter of
Charles Smith Gladden and
Myrtle Chapman, on 5. Apr. 1905 at Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. Homer Henderson Wheeler died on 3. Jul. 1945 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at age 72. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Indianapolis News July 4, 1945 and Indianapolis Start July 4, 1945)
Dr. Homer H. Wheeler, 73 years old, Indinapolis physician, died yesterday in Philidelphia where he had gone for treatment after a short illness. Dr. Wheeler, who resided at the Columbia Club, was a member of the surgical staffs of the Methodist, St, Vincen's and City Hospitals. He was assistant professor of surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine from 1907 to 1937. Dr. Wheeler was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Indiana School of Medicine, in 1897 after which he did post graduate work in Europe as well as in the United States. Dr. Wheeler was born in Adyville, Perry County, Nov 8, 1872, and belonged to a pioneer family of southern Indiana. Among his professional affiliations were membership in the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, Indiana Medical Association, the national Gastroenterological Society, and the American Proctological Society. He had written several theses for these societies. Dr. Wheeler was also a member of the Indiana Society of Pioneers, Kiwanis Club, Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. & A. M., Ancient Accepted Scottush Rite and the Murat Shrine. He was a member of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church and active in the Paul Coble Post of the American Legion. He served in World War I as a captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. Dr. Wheeler is survved by a son, Sgr. Garver Wheeler; a brother Dr. John T. Wheeler; one grandson and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted by Dr. Roy Ewing Vale, pastor of Tabermacle Presbyterian Church at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Flanner & Buchanan Morturary. Private burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.