Marcella June (Landes) Wheeler passed fromthislifeonSunday, December 17, 2023, at her home with family by her side at the age of 85.Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home.
Marcella, better known as June, was born on October 31, 1938, to Guy and Agnes (Smat) Landes in Garfield County, OK. She grew up and attended school in Billings, graduating in the class of 1956. After high school, June attended OklahomaA&M for two years. She worked as a secretary before falling for Charles F. Wheeler, Jr., a United States Marine. They married on June 3, 1959, at the Base Chapel on Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada and to this union four children were born: Charles, Corinna, Roderick, and Bartley. The family moved a lot throughout the years, while Charles served in the military. June worked as a substitute teacher before becoming a preacher’s wife in 1986, after the couple moved to Tryon, OK and took up the Ministry. June had a hobby farm and loved working with fowls of all kinds. She enjoyed gardening and doing the Lord’s work through her church. June was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She will be missed by all who knew her.
June is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Wheeler; parents, Guy and Agnes (Smat) Landes; two brothers, David and Eldon Landes; two sistersin- law, Patsy and Marcia Landes; one brother-in-law, Randall Bellmon. June is survived by four children: Charles (Tony)Wheeler, Corinna June Brewer, Roderick WadeWheeler, and Bartley BryonWheller and one sister, Joyce Agnes Bellmon. June was blessed with 8 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
A visitation was held at Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing, Oklahoma, from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, December 21. Funeral services for June were at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 22, at the Christian Church in Billings, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to the family via an online guestbook at www.palmermarlerfh.com.