McMinnville resident and Marisales, Ill., native Kenneth Richard Wheeler, age 70, was born March 6, 1942 and died May 31 at Alive Hospice at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville following an extended illness. A construction worker and member of the Catholic Church, he was the son of the late George and Dorothy Wheeler. He was married to Clara Pauline Pitts Wheeler who preceded him in death May 5, 2011.