Charles A. "Steamboat" Wheeler

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 10:00 AM in Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, Chaptico, MD with Fr. Timothy Baer officiating. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bushwood, MD. Visitation: Viewing/Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 2:00 - 5:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, with Prayers being said at 3:00 PM. Charles Albert “Steamboat” Wheeler, 74, of Chaptico, MD died October 9, 2007 in Georgetown University Hospital. Born October 14, 1932 in Chaptico, MD he was the son of the late Joseph Latham and Alice Maude Russell Wheeler. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Louise Wheeler on February 14, 1998 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD whom he married on July 8, 1967 in Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, Chaptico, MD. He is survived by his children: Kim Marie Parrish of Leonardtown, MD, Yvonne Lynn Parrish of Maddox, MD, Carol Anne Wood and Walter Fred Parrish, Jr. of Lusby, MD and siblings: Agnes Cecelia Lang of Great Mills, MD, James Leonard Wheeler of Chaptico, MD and Ann Maude Patton of Callaway, MD. He was also preceded in death by his siblings: Joseph Aloysius Wheeler, John Ernest Wheeler, Thomas Sylvester Wheeler, George Bernard Wheeler, Mary Susan Latham and William Francis Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was a life long St. Mary’s County resident where he worked as a self employed waterman until his retirement in 1997. He served in the U.S. Navy for 2 years from December 8, 1955 until September 7, 1957 he received an honorable discharge and was recommended for re-enlistment. He was a member of the Waterman’s Association. His hobbies were boat building, auto mechanics and gardening. The family will receive friends on Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 2:00 – 5:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, with Prayers being said at 3:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, October 15, 2007 at 10:00 AM in Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, Chaptico, MD with Fr. Timothy Baer officiating. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bushwood, MD. Pallbearers will be: Bruce Knott, Joe Wheeler, Frankie Wheeler, Mike Hall, Andrew Patton and Walter Parrish, III.