Naomi Wheat

Naomi Wheat, of Iola, died April 7, 2012, at Good Samaritan Center, Olathe. She was 94.
Naomi was born September 30, 1917, to A.T. and Anna Elizabeth (Schultz) Ehrlich in Marion, Ks. She was the fifth of six children in a family of Volga German grain millers. She graduated from Marion High School and earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. While in college, Naomi met T.D. Wheat. They married January 14, 1942.
Mrs. Wheat taught home economics and biology at Blue Springs, Eureka, and Olpe,KS, and substituted in Iola. She loved music, and sang in many church and community choirs. She was a member of WSCS and PEO.
She was predeceased by her husband, T.D., in 2005, and all of her siblings. She leaves daughter Judith Anne Francis and her husband Bob, of Olathe, Ks, and son Thomas David Wheat of Iola. She also leaves grandsons Christopher Schieber and Thomas Francis, his wife Lisa and children; a granddaughter Hillary McPherson, and two sisters-in-law, Grace Ehrlich, of Rochester, N.Y., and Nola Ehrlich, Denver, Colo.
She was baptized in Emmanuel Baptist Church, in Marion, Ks. and was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Iola, since arriving in Iola in 1962.
Mrs. Wheat had a number of friends and caregivers in Iola, who helped her immensely as she lived at home, and she loved you all very much. She spent her last two years at Good Samaritan Center, in Olathe, where she very much enjoyed her neighbors and the staff.
All who knew Naomi will miss her welcome, her respect, and her marvelous good cheer. Those with whom she shared her sense of humor are asked to pass it on. Naomi will be interred in Marion, KS, at a future date. She helped establish the T.D. and Naomi Wheat Scholarship at Allen County Community College, Iola.