Halla Bertrand Wheeler, Jr. WAUSAU, WI "" Halla Bertrand Wheeler, Jr., 73 of Wausau, Wisconsin (formerly of Big Rapids) passed away Monday, March 24, 2008. He was born June 10, 1934 in Stanwood, Michigan to Halla Bertrand, Sr. and Lila (Baker) Wheeler. Halla served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1955. Surviving are his daughters "" Peggy (Todd) Pranke and Barbara (Glenn) Davies; sons "" David (Heidi), Ronald, Robert (Vicki), and Douglas Wheeler; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; former spouse "" Peg (Dickey); sisters "" Geraldine Wheeler, Velma Keckler, Eleanor (Jim) Spedowske, Grace Kitelinger, Shirley Holmes, and Alice (Lyle) Waite; sister-in-law "" Lena Yarrington; and brother-in-law "" Henry Waite. He was preceded in death by his father "" Halla Bertrand Wheeler, Sr.; mother "" Lila (Wheeler) Yarrington; step-father "" Melvin Yarrrington, Sr.; sisters "" Betty Lunsted, Mary Yarrington, Hattie Smith, and Agnes Waite; brothers "" Charles and Melvin Yarrington, Jr. Funeral services will take place 2:00 p.m. Saturday. March 29th at the Daggett-Gilbert Funeral Home in Big Rapids, with Rev. Bruce Peterson officiating. Visitation will be Friday, March 28th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery, Stanwood.