Dorothy Agnes Wheeler

Pacific Grove ~ Dorothy A. Wheeler, born February 10, 1915 in Higdon, Arkansas, passed away at Community Hospital on May 16. She has lived locally since 1930. Always a hard worker, Dorothy raised her children as a single parent during the Depression, employed during the heyday at Hovden’s Cannery for 45 years and in the evening as a bartender at Lakes Beer Springs in Monterey.

Dorothy was a long-time volunteer at Meals on Wheels. She was a skilled seamstress and quilter and enjoyed collecting over 500 ladyhead vases from the 1930’s. Dorothy was a terrific cook and baker who loved sharing her food gifts with family and friends. She is immortalized on the mural painted on the Cannery Row Recreation Trail near the Coast Guard Pier.

Dorothy is survived by her son, Bob Carroll of Pacific Grove; her daughter, Joyce Foster of Seaside; fourteen grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Gene Carroll and Joseph Wheeler; her daughters, Dorothy “Cookie” Perez and Jeannie Marie Avila; her brother and sister, John Burton and Talmadge Freddle and her grandchildren, Bobby Carroll, Jr. and Rose Mendoza.

Inurnment services will be announced.