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Ruth Mae Steele Wheatley
Posted 2/6/10
Ruth Mae Steele Wheatley, 82 SEAFORD - Ruth Mae Steele Wheatley, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010, in Genesis Elder Care, Seaford. She was 82. Born in Dagsboro, the daughter of the late Clara Justice …
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Ruth Mae Steele Wheatley
Posted
Ruth Mae Steele Wheatley, 82 SEAFORD - Ruth Mae Steele Wheatley, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010, in Genesis Elder Care, Seaford. She was 82. Born in Dagsboro, the daughter of the late Clara Justice and Ebe N. Steele, she was a bookkeeper for her husband's business Calvin Wheatley Mason Contractor. Prior to that she worked for the Van Leer Stephany Insurance and Realty Firm. Ruth was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary Virgil Wilson Post 4961 Veterans of Foreign Wars, where she ran Bingo for a number of years. She is survived by her husband, H. Calvin Wheatley; a son, Bruce C. Wheatley and his wife, Patricia of Kenner, La.; a brother, Roland Steele of Tennessee; and two grandchildren, Alex and Cullen. Services will be 12 noon Tuesday, February 9, 2010, in Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front & King Streets, Seaford, where friends may call from 11 a.m. to 12 noon prior to the service. Rev. Roland E. Tice will officiate. A committal service will be 2 p.m. at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, with interment following in the cemetery.