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September
Memorial Service
2:00 pm
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Kraft-Sussman Funeral Services
3975 S. Durango Drive, Suite 104
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Final Resting Place
Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
1900 Veterans Memorial Drive
Boulder City, Nevada, United States
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J. Moore/Volunteer posted a condolence
Thursday, September 27, 2018
To the Family of Beth Ann Wheeler,
So sorry to learn about the loss of your Dear Loved One, Beth. Please know that so many people share your grief with you to help you through this difficult time of sorrow. Please accept my deepest condolences as we await the time when Christ Jesus will awaken all those who have fallen asleep in death; including your Beloved, Beth.
(John 11:41-44)
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Thursday, September 20, 2018
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Beth will always hold a special place in our hearts. With her dynamic style and confidence, Beth encouraged us to trust her lead and advertise with Money Mailer. It was one of the best decisions we made when starting our dental practice. To this day, we still use her design and vision she had for us. Beth had such a creative side and was amazing at conveying that in everything she touched. To her family, and especially Bob, our hearts send love and peaceful thoughts during this time of loss. Beth will forever be missed on this earth by all that she touched.
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Lupe Nielsen posted a condolence
Monday, September 17, 2018
I still can't believe Beth is gone... :-( At 2:00 pm on Sundays, I would go to her workshop and visit her to talk about woodworking. That tradition is now gone, and I miss my friend.
Here is a little write-up I wrote on Facebook about her:
One of my best friends, Beth Wheeler, passed away earlier today, at 2:00 am. It made me extremely sad to hear the news. My world is becoming smaller and much lonelier these days…
I met Beth in 2013 at a class in our local woodworking school.
I had no idea who this lady was, and appearances can be deceptive. She had nice hands with long nails, and lots of bling with practically one ring in each finger. She is not the woodworking type, I thought. My initial “read” was totally wrong. She started proving her skill and love as a woodworker through the many months we learned at the school.
I eventually found out that she was practically my neighbor. She lived one and a half miles from our house, and we used to hang out every Sunday afternoon to share our love for woodworking. Since we took a few classes together, and with her thirst of knowledge and my enthusiasm for the subject, we became good friends. Because we were in a comparable skill set level, we were able to experiment and toss out ideas regarding various wood projects.
She was an avid reader and a quick learner. She also had a very perceptive and nearly photographic memory of the things she read. She subscribed to about five woodworking publications, and had read all the archived magazines located in a shelf in our woodworking school. Each time I had a question about a technique, I would ask: “Hey Beth, did you ever read about this or that on a magazine?” If she had read about it, with amazing accuracy she would tell me where she saw it, and I would just look it up. Lol!
Her first large furniture project was that of making a dining room table in African Mahogany for her daughter. It was an exquisite piece with the nicely sanded and chatoyant mahogany finished with oil and wipe-on poly, with a sturdy stained poplar base. The table was heavy, and equally gorgeous.
About a year or two into her woodworking endeavors, she went to Virginia to take a ladder back chair class with master chair maker Jeff Lefkowitz. Upon her return, I noticed that her level of skill and confidence had increased exponentially. That class opened her eyes to what would become her specialty: Chair making. From that moment on, she was Ms. Chair in the flesh. She took other courses as well - like a Windsor Chair Class in Vermont.
She would now make a new style or a hybrid chair every six weeks or so. She was not afraid to experiment, with the angles, the joinery and the finishes. She even stumbled into a picture that depicted an old Australian chair form the 19th century. Currently, there are no written plans or publications about Australian furniture from that time period, so she tackled that project with gusto, and figured out the entire construction of that piece.
Windsor stools, three legged pieces. She even tackled woodturning… But do you think she wanted to turn the “lowly bowls”? Nah! She wanted to only do spindles to make her beloved chairs! She couldn’t turn a bowl to save her life. Yet, she had all the contraptions on the lathe (like a double posted tool rest atop two banjos) that would allow her to turn long spindles with ease. Lol!
We would borrow tools from each other, and would mutually help each other for whatever our needs were.
The last project that we had plans for was the upcoming Summerlin Festival of the Arts. Summerlin is an affluent part of our community located in the west part of the valley. We thought that is where the crowd and market for our products would be. Let’s go big or don’t go at all. We were planning to take on two booths, fill them up with furniture and have a display at the fair.
God had other plans. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2017.
I had to put the project on ice, and by March of this year she still asked me - after she had lost nearly 1/3 of her weight - “Are we going to do the Summerlin fair? It is in my bucket list to participate in a crafts fair before I die.”
How could you say no to such a request? It really touched my heart.
The event was juried. In other words: We had to buy a tent, set up the display, photograph it, and send images and a small portfolio that would convey our skill to the judges of the event. We applied before the deadline, and we were accepted five weeks later. We were scheduled to participate at the Summerlin Fair on October 13 - 14, 2018.
So, we have been busy, making things as well we can. Even with her failing health she managed to make over a dozen lamps, a few mirrors, and many tchotchkes for the fair.
Energy, passion, creativity and enthusiasm - that is what I will miss about my friend.
It was a brief friendship of only 5 years. But it had a profound impact in my life. I will cherish it forever. May God provide you with the perfect workshop wherever you go - no CNCs, no noisy machinery, but the calm peace and harmony that working with hand tools gave you - the joy of feeling the material, of working with your hands, of knowing that the work you do remains and is an extension of your soul.
Rest in peace Beth!
(February 4, 1964 - September 13, 2018)
Our condolences go to her husband, Bob, her two daughters - Nicole and Carol - and the rest of her family. Hugs to you all!
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3975 S Durango Dr Ste 104
Las Vegas, NV 89147
Phone: (702) 208-9688