Robert Wesley Wheeler

Robert Wesley Wheeler
West Des Moines, Iowa

Robert Wheeler, age 76, passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at his home. He was born on January 20, 1946 in California, and raised by Ransom & Julia Wheeler in Hastings, Iowa.

Bob earned his Bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University. He served honorably in the U.S. Air Force as a Captain until his discharge in 1973. He worked in the Environmental Science Department of The University of Iowa and retired after 33 years of service. Bob was a member of American Association of Woodturners. He was a gifted Artisan with the brain of an engineer. If you spoke with Bob and shared your hobbies you would probably end up with a well-crafted piece of art celebrating that very hobby. In his free time, he made ornaments for Festival of Trees & Lights and enjoyed gardening both vegetables and flowers. Bob met his partner in crime and shenanigans, Ginnie Noe in 2012 and married her at the Renaissance Fair in 2015, officiated by the Fair Queen. Almost ten years of love brought great joy to them both. Bob was a good provider, great father, and loving husband. He will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.

He is lovingly survived by his wife Ginnie, daughter Malisa (Jason) Ireland and Elizabeth Bell, grandchildren Sherry, Bob, JD, Katie, and Rogan, great-grandchildren Lucas, Owen, Ava, and Leah, and his six sisters.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Liebchen Prather, granddaughter Elisabeth Katerina Prather, and his second wife Patricia “Patty” Coll-Wheeler.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., with funeral service to begin at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines. Military rites will be immediately following the service in the chapel.

Those planning on an expression of sympathy, please direct your memorials to either Adel United Methodist Church or The American Red Cross.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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