Born June 6, 1942 in Peoria, Ill., she was the daughter of Lyle and Jane (Black) Wheeles.
Survivors include: her daughters, Cynthia Perrigan and Crystal Shirley; 5 grandchildren, Shanna Orr, Jesse Perrigan, Matty Perrigan, Danielle Brock and Colton Shirley; and a great-grandchild, Lindsey Brock.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John Wheeles, and a sister Marlene Cruse.
Graveside services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, 1977 South State Road 135, Greenwood, Indiana.
Nathan Butler Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.
Online condolences to the family are available at www.forevercare.org.