In Memory

Ralph Wheeler

Ralph Wheeler M.D. Col., U.S. Air Force, 53, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, formerly of Grand Forks, died Monday, July 1, 1996 in San Antonio.

Ralph Wheeler was born November 17, 1942, the son of George and Jeannette Wheeler, in Grand Forks, where he grew up and attended school.  He joined the U.S. Air Force.  He was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he worked at Brooke Army Medical Center as a general surgeon.  He served as Chairman of the Nutrition Support Committee.  He was the acting Chief of Surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center in 1994.  He married his wife, Catherine, in 1990.

She survives with a daughter, Leslie Wheeler-Jackson; a son, Scott; and his mother.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 5, 1996, in Fort Sam Houston Main Post Chapel, San Antonio.