Jack and Anna Wheeler were married on October 5, 1935 in the house of Anna's mother on Church Street in Mystic. My Uncle, Robert Wheeler and Father Richard just recently told me the story of how Jack and Anna met.
**Jack was the manager of the Socony Gas Station on East Main Street in Mystic. (This was diagonally across from the Catholic Church.) He worked for a Mr. Len Hermes. One day he noticed a beautiful girl walking with Charlie Rippel. Jack was curious and thought how pretty she was. Another time he had seen Anna walking by alone. Jack got the nerve up to ask Charlie Rippel one time who the girl was. Charlie told him that she was his sister. One thing lead to another and they began a courtship that lead to a wonderful and loving relationship. I have never met someone as kind, generous, and loving as my grandmother, Anna Wheeler was. I miss her.
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