Obituaries

Newlywed Tucker Native Dies in Oregon

Pat Wheeler was born in Tucker in 1948.

Patricia Jane Wheeler died in the early hours of Tuesday, Sept. 10 in Albany, Oregon, where she lived. She was 65 years old. 

A native of Tucker, Wheeler was the daughter of Samuel Doak and Gladys Mae Humphreys. She married D.J. Wheeler on May 31 of this year, according to the Albany Democrat-Herald.

No cause of death was given. She is survived by her husband; son Michael Gariepy of Albany; daughter Teresa Gariepy of Lebanon; brothers Bill, Melvin, Samuel and Collier Humphreys; sisters Ruth Humphreys and Mattie Lee Tyler; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 

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