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1943 BIRTH: Birth Certificate, Board of Public Health, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Reg. No. 1472. Also cited in Gerald P. Scher, Genealogy of the Eckert, Karst, Scher, and Related Families, 1970. Library of Congress CS71.S5515 1970. p2N. 1943 CHRISTENING: Copy of Certificate of Baptism, in possession of John Marc Wheat. BIOGRAPHY: Suzanne Louise Morris Wheat was born May 28, 1943 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana to Joseph Sylvester Morris and Florence Hedwig Lubbenjans. She was the second of five daughters. She attended St. Peter's Catholic elementary school and Central Catholic High School, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduating in 1961. Upon graduation, she was employed by Fort Wayne National Bank as a bookkeeper. In 1962, the bank sent her to the IBM computer school in Ohio and trained her as a computer programmer. She, along with three young men, automated the bank onto a computer system. She continued with Fort Wayne National Bank until 1967. She was married on 21 December 1963 to Thomas Earl Wheat at the Hoagland Methodist Church. Their sons John Marc were born 22 October 1964 and Christopher Alan on 2 October 1967, both in Fort Wayne, and Thomas Joseph on 4 March 1972 in DeKalb, Illinois. The family moved to Ball State University where Thomas E. Wheat worked on his doctorate. She took classes at Ball State University as well. In 1970, the family moved to DeKalb, Illinois, where Thomas E. Wheat, Ed.D., took up a professorship at Northern Illinois University. Sue continued to take classes at NIU. In 1975, the Wheats were divorced. Sue and the boys moved back to Fort Wayne for a year, where Sue was employed again at Fort Wayne National Bank as a payroll manager. The family returned to DeKalb in 1976, where Sue sold real estate for the next ten years. In 1985, she worked for Congressman John E. Grotberg (R) in his Sycamore, Illinois office. She continued to work as a caseworker for his successor, Congressman J. Dennis Hastert (R-Yorkville), retiring in 1998. Sue sat in the House gallery to watch Congressman Hastert get sworn in as Speaker of the House in January 1999. Since selling her house in the summer of 1998, she spends part of the year with her son Chris and his family on Fripp Island, South Carolina, and the remainder with her sons and their families in northern Virginia. 2001 OBITUARY: Suzanne Louise Morris Wheat, 58, a longtime citizen of DeKalb, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2001 in Beaufort, South Carolina after a long struggle with breast cancer. Born May 28, 1943 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she was the daughter of Joseph Sylvester and Florence Hedwig (Luebbenjans) Morris. She married Thomas E. Wheat on December 21, 1963 at Hoagland Methodist Church in Hoagland, Indiana. Sue was a Realtor with McCabe Crum-Halsted and Elsner Realty in DeKalb for nearly a decade and also worked at Dulin & Associates, an architectural firm. In 1985, she started working for the U.S. House of Representatives in Congressman John E. Grotberg's Sycamore, Illinois office. She continued with his successor, Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, and retired as Casework Director and Office Manager due to illness in 1998. Sue was a guest of Congressman Hastert -- sitting in the Speaker's Gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives -- at his swearing-in as Speaker of the House in January 1999. She was elected for two consecutive four-year terms on the School Board for DeKalb Community Unit District 428, having also served as President of the PTA. She was Chairman of the DeKalb County Republican Central Committee and President of the DeKalb County Republican Women's Club. An active member of Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary, she received their highest award when honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. She is survived by three sons, J. Marc (Marie) Wheat of Arlington, Virginia; Chris (Kristi) Wheat of Beaufort, South Carolina; and Thomas (Shirley) Wheat of Alexandria, Virginia. She leaves two grandchildren, Winston Mathew Wheat and Alexis Suzanne Wheat, both of Beaufort, South Carolina. She was the second of five sisters who survive her, Barb Hartman of Ashley, Indiana; Mary Bordner of White, Georgia; Kathy Morris and Linda Osterholt, both of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She also leaves fourteen nephews and seven nieces. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, November 24 at Anderson Funeral Home. Visitation will be prior to the funeral beginning at 1 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the DeKalb County Hospice, 2727 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, Illinois 60115. For information, call (815) 756-1022.CREMATION: "RIVER HILLS CREMATORY AND COLUBARIUM, River Hills Memorial Park, 1650 South River St., (Route 25,) Batavia, Illinois 60510 Phone (630) 879-7400. Contained herein are the cremated remains of SUZANNE L. WHEAT, Deceased. Cremated at the River Hills Crematory on the 26th day of NOVEMBER, 2001. Cremation Number 12,052. Funeral Home ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME. Town DEKALB, ILLINOIS. 1 December 2001 OBITUARY, Fort Wayne [Indiana] Journal Gazette: SUZANNE LOUISE MORRIS WHEAT, 58, of Beaufort, S.C., formerly of Fort Wayne, died Nov. 20 in Beaufort. Born in Fort Wayne, she worked at Fort Wayne National Bank as a bookkeeper and then as a computer programmer, until 1967. She began working for the U.S. House of Representatives in Rep. John E. Grotberg's Sycamore, Ill., office in 1985. She continued to work with his successor, Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, and retired in 1998 as casework director and office manager. She was elected for two terms on the DeKalb Community Unit District 428 School Board in DeKalb, Ill., and had served as president of the PTA. She was also chairman of DeKalb County Republican Central Committee and president of DeKalb County Republican Women's Club. Surviving are three sons, J. Marc of Arlington, Va., Chris of Beaufort and Thomas of Alexandria, Va.; two grandchildren; and four sisters, Barb Hartman of Ashley, Mary Bordner of White, Ga., and Kathy Morris and Linda Osterholt, both of Fort Wayne. Services were Nov. 24 at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, Ill. Memorials to DeKalb County Hospice, 2727 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, IL 60115. 2001 SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX: SUZANNE L WHEAT 28 May 1943 20 Nov 2001 (V) 29920 (Saint Helena Island, Beaufort, SC) (none specified) 308-44-6408 Indiana
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1943 - 2001 (58 years)