Myron received undergraduate degrees in Education from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois (1944), in Theology from Princeton Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey (1949), and in Business from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri (1980). He served in the U.S. Army Infantry in 1945-46.
Myron was ordained as a minister by the Presbytery of Shenango in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1949, and served for many years as the minister of Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church in Raytown, Missouri. Myron was also employed as Vice President of Personal Trusts at United Missouri Bank in Kansas City, Missouri.
Myron was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Mary (Beebs) Downing Wheeler, whom he married on June 25, 1948. They jointly served as Presbyterian missionaries in Legazpi City in the Philippines in 1949-1951. Myron was also predeceased by his brother Howard, sister Ethel Belleville, daughter Brindy Steward, and son Clarke. He will be dearly missed by his daughter Joy, son Dan, five grandchildren (Michelle Barton, Emily Liu, and William, Elizabeth, and Leo Wheeler), and two great-grandchildren (Joseph and Madison Barton).
A memorial service will be held at Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, February 11, at 2:30 pm. Interment at Fairview and New Hope Cemetery in Liberty, Missouri.
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