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Luella Wheeler Finlinson
(September 11, 1911 – June 13, 2010)
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Luella Wheeler Finlinson passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010, at the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah within three months of her 99th birthday from complications related to a stroke.
She was a lifelong resident of the South Cottonwood region of Murray. Luella was born on September 11, 1911 to Jesse Hyrum and Rena Doty Wheeler. She was raised on the Vine Street Wheeler Farm. While Luella never moved far from her original home, she traveled the world and touched the lives of many people.
Luella lived an active life, full of family, faith and service. In the weeks before her passing, she hosted a family dinner, directed the Memorial Day decorating of graves, attended a play, baked cupcakes for her oldest great-grandchild’s 13th birthday and lead the music in her ward Relief Society meeting. Luella was the ultimate example of enduring to the end with grace, charm and determination.
Education was always important to her. Luella attended Woodstock Elementary, and Granite High School, and graduated with a teaching degree from the University of Utah with High Honors in 1933. While attending the U, Luella became a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority and participated in a “DG” sponsored social and philanthropic activities for the rest of her life. As a DG, Luella participated in testing preschool children for “lazy eye blindness.” After graduation, Luella continued to test preschool children and eventually served as an officer of the Utah Society For The Prevention of Blindness. The last time she tested preschool children was in the Spring of 2010.
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