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Joseph R. Wheatley Jr.
Posted 5/28/08
Joseph R. Wheatley Jr., 53 BRIDGEVILLE - Joseph R. Wheatley Jr., of Bridgeville, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Easton, Md., as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was 53. His companion, Linda …
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Joseph R. Wheatley Jr.
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Joseph R. Wheatley Jr., 53
BRIDGEVILLE - Joseph R. Wheatley Jr., of Bridgeville, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Easton, Md., as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was 53.
His companion, Linda Marie Shea, also died in the accident.
Mr. Wheatley was born in Seaford on June 20, 1954, son of Joseph R. Wheatley Sr. and the late Marilda West Wheatley.
Mr. Wheatley was employed by Bennett Premiere Motor Sports, formerly known as Harley-Davidson of Seaford, since 2003.
He became a part of the Harley family in every way. His skills as a craftsman, his ability to organize, and his special attention to design and detail permitted him to help the organization immensly at many levels.
Mr. Wheatley was a former member of the Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department and attended Union United Methodist Church.
He had played outfield in the Modified Softball League.
He loved music and working with his hands, especially with wood.
He loved attending his daughter's college field hockey games.
In addition to his father he is survived by his daughter, Lindsay Jo Wheatley and her fiance Ryan Petrone of Georgetown; two sisters, Sharon W. Hawk and husband Charles and Joanne W. Jones and husband Jerry, all of Bridgeville; nieces and nephews, Karen Pusey, Kristen Hatfield and husband Shawn, Brian Jones and fiancee Ruthy Fedale, Jill Jackson and husband Aaron; and great-neices and nephews, Megan and Lauren Correll, Taylor Hatfield, Tyler and Trey Hatfield.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Union United Methodist Church, Market and Laws streets, Bridgeville, where the family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. Thursday and from 1-2 p.m. Friday.
Interment will be at Bridgeville Cemetery.
Pastor Dale Brown will officiate.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, 801 Middleford Road, Seaford, DE 19973.
BRIDGEVILLE - Joseph R. Wheatley Jr., of Bridgeville, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Easton, Md., as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was 53.
His companion, Linda Marie Shea, also died in the accident.
Mr. Wheatley was born in Seaford on June 20, 1954, son of Joseph R. Wheatley Sr. and the late Marilda West Wheatley.
Mr. Wheatley was employed by Bennett Premiere Motor Sports, formerly known as Harley-Davidson of Seaford, since 2003.
He became a part of the Harley family in every way. His skills as a craftsman, his ability to organize, and his special attention to design and detail permitted him to help the organization immensly at many levels.
Mr. Wheatley was a former member of the Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department and attended Union United Methodist Church.
He had played outfield in the Modified Softball League.
He loved music and working with his hands, especially with wood.
He loved attending his daughter's college field hockey games.
In addition to his father he is survived by his daughter, Lindsay Jo Wheatley and her fiance Ryan Petrone of Georgetown; two sisters, Sharon W. Hawk and husband Charles and Joanne W. Jones and husband Jerry, all of Bridgeville; nieces and nephews, Karen Pusey, Kristen Hatfield and husband Shawn, Brian Jones and fiancee Ruthy Fedale, Jill Jackson and husband Aaron; and great-neices and nephews, Megan and Lauren Correll, Taylor Hatfield, Tyler and Trey Hatfield.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Union United Methodist Church, Market and Laws streets, Bridgeville, where the family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. Thursday and from 1-2 p.m. Friday.
Interment will be at Bridgeville Cemetery.
Pastor Dale Brown will officiate.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, 801 Middleford Road, Seaford, DE 19973.
