December 20, 2021
December 20, 2021
Happy Birthday. I still miss you and our long talks. Your family is still doing great! You have a handsome great grandson. I love you. See you in heaven one of these days.
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Gerald Wheatley, 77, born on December 20, 1937 and passed away on March 25, 2015. We will remember him forever.
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April 25, 2015
April 25, 2015
There are two things I remember best about Dad. He was a very wise man, he told me once when Hiroko was little that "We spend the first 2 yrs teaching a kid to walk and talk, and the next 18 yrs telling them to sit down and shut up" Every time I tell Hiroko to be quite or sit still, I remember Dad.
He was also a very kind and generous man. More than once he came to my rescue after I locked my keys in the car. He also seemed to know when I had a hard day at work. On my worst days, I would come home and the dishes would be done and the kitchen clean. It was wonderful.
I will miss the stories he told and conversations we had. I will miss hearing him say "There's my girl!" as Hiroko ran into the office when we went to visit. We love and miss you Dad!
He was also a very kind and generous man. More than once he came to my rescue after I locked my keys in the car. He also seemed to know when I had a hard day at work. On my worst days, I would come home and the dishes would be done and the kitchen clean. It was wonderful.
I will miss the stories he told and conversations we had. I will miss hearing him say "There's my girl!" as Hiroko ran into the office when we went to visit. We love and miss you Dad!
April 22, 2015
April 22, 2015
Uncle Gary was the sweetest person to be around & I am grateful that I was able to spend time with him when he came to visit mom. He will be greatly missed.
April 22, 2015
April 22, 2015
I am so grateful that I got to spend time with Uncle Gary. He was the most wonderful man. I enjoyed all of his stories and I am so thankful that he was able to come and spend time with my mom (his sister). RIP Uncle Gary...You will be missed!
April 22, 2015
April 22, 2015
We will miss uncle Gary. He was a pleasure to be around and get to know during his visits here with mom. He had an interesting life and his stories about it were fun to hear. He was a good brother to mom and we are grateful for the time we got to spend with him. Rest in peace uncle Gary.
April 22, 2015
April 22, 2015
To my darling Uncle Gary, how I am going to miss our talks. We both use to talk for hours on the phone. Daddy always said when we got together to talk no one else could get a word in edgewise. I called you not to long ago and we started talking and I had to be somewhere but I have know I wouldn't talk to you again. I would have stayed home and visited with you like always. I love you my Uncle and you have been a very special person in my life. Just so you and kenji know that your Dad had a shop class his senior year in high school and made a dresser for the baby Mama was carrying..I still have that dresser and yes it is 60 years old. Uncle Gary you held your brothers hand when he couldn't remember your name. You loved hiim as he loved you. Now you are with Daddy and Momma and Eda and Elzy are happy to see you again. I love you family and I will always keep you in my prayers.
April 18, 2015
April 18, 2015
We will have a memorial service on May 2nd 2015 at 11am at the VFW Hall in Roseburg Oregon. 1127 Walnut St, Roseburg, OR 97470
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December 20, 2021
December 20, 2021
Happy Birthday. I still miss you and our long talks. Your family is still doing great! You have a handsome great grandson. I love you. See you in heaven one of these days.
April 25, 2015
April 25, 2015
There are two things I remember best about Dad. He was a very wise man, he told me once when Hiroko was little that "We spend the first 2 yrs teaching a kid to walk and talk, and the next 18 yrs telling them to sit down and shut up" Every time I tell Hiroko to be quite or sit still, I remember Dad.
He was also a very kind and generous man. More than once he came to my rescue after I locked my keys in the car. He also seemed to know when I had a hard day at work. On my worst days, I would come home and the dishes would be done and the kitchen clean. It was wonderful.
I will miss the stories he told and conversations we had. I will miss hearing him say "There's my girl!" as Hiroko ran into the office when we went to visit. We love and miss you Dad!
He was also a very kind and generous man. More than once he came to my rescue after I locked my keys in the car. He also seemed to know when I had a hard day at work. On my worst days, I would come home and the dishes would be done and the kitchen clean. It was wonderful.
I will miss the stories he told and conversations we had. I will miss hearing him say "There's my girl!" as Hiroko ran into the office when we went to visit. We love and miss you Dad!
April 22, 2015
April 22, 2015
Uncle Gary was the sweetest person to be around & I am grateful that I was able to spend time with him when he came to visit mom. He will be greatly missed.
Gallery
Papa, Kimi, and Hiroko
Coquille Lighthouse where Mom and Dad's ashes were scattered
Papa and Kimi
Papa, Kimi, Suzanne, Naomi, Kenji and Hiroko
Uncle Gary & Brad
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Uncle Gary, Aunt Hiroko, Naomi & Kenji-May 1987
Wheatley Brothers 2000
Pam & Uncle Gary
Recent stories
First Visit to Oregan
April 25, 2015
by Sue Wheatley
in about 1987 Mom and Dad were planning a trip to Oregan to see Uncle Gary and Auntie I told Mom that I would love to go to Oregon and see them too. So I worked the tickets at the time for all of us and book all of us for around $800.00 at the time that was an great price. So a couple of weeks before we went I told Uncle Gary we were coming as a surprise, his answer to me was that I'm glad you gave me a little notice because i had to build beds are you all would be sleeping on the floor.
When we got there Kenji and Wesley were 2 months apart in age so they played together the whole time. I told Uncle Gary I was going to borrow his car. He said where are you going? I told him I was taking the kids for ice cream. Of course he said we can go to the grocery if we don't have any. I told him this was special we are going to Dairy Q or whatever you have here for ice cream place. So we went Rose, Kenji, and Wesley (in order of their age)
Uncle Gary was telling us about a river that everyone swims in so the kids thought that would be a great ideal so we went. The river was crystal clear my kids have never seen a river so clear so they jumped in and started swimming, of course i had to go into to make sure I was on had to jump in case of need. There were out there paddling around and Kenji (sorry buddy telling on you) wouldn't go over waist deep. Uncle Gary looked at me and said here he lives so close to the ocean and we have all these rivers to swim in and your kids from Kansas are swimming in water they can't touch bottom. Had a great time.
A few days in to the visit we decided to go to Wal-Mart what exciting trip that was, just so everyone knows I hate to shop. Guess what I had the pleasure of drving, what an adventiure I had. Uncle Gary was my co-pilot so I started freaking out Uncle there is no road, he said yes there is. Oh no Uncle there is no road what the hell am I suppose to do it ends at the top and I can see over it (my first time driving in the mountains I'm a Kansas girl through and through flat plains). Uncle Gary grab my arm (I was flapping my arm) and he told me, Sis just look at the front of the car do not look left or right, but I told him I need to keep my visual, he told me that he had the same problem and I was NOT to look left or right just keep my eyes on the front of the car. We got off that roller coaster ride and I almost kissed the road when I saw it. After that I would drive in Myrtle Creek but not anywhere else.
It was a fun week and we played a lot of cards even my 6 year old daughter played too. Uncle Gary told me that we was surprised on how well she did. I told him look who she's sitting next to and watch their expressions. They are identical. My mother Rose and her granddaughter Rose play just alike.
Sorry Naomi you were older working and in love so you didn't get to be with us alot. But we enjoyed your time with us.
Love Aunt Sue