Daniel R. Wheeler, age 67, passed away peacefully after a battle with cancer on Saturday, March 23, 2019. He was born on August 8, 1951, in Durham, NC to the late Robert "Bob" Wheeler and Bernee "Bunny" Moran Wheeler. He was a 1969 graduate of Northern High School, where he played football and was the lead in the senior play "South Pacific." After graduating from the Uneersity of North Carolina in 1973, Daneegan his career in the medical field by studying at Vanderbilt and working in the Philippines. His passion for travel, healthcare and helping others would persist throughout his life. He founded??Transtate??Equipment Company, a successful medical imaging business, and leveraged his success to help establish cath lab programs in underserved areas of the world while working with the Heineman Foundation. Dan was always willing to lend a helping hand, serving as a trusted??friend, mentor, and champion to many. Daniel is survived by his mother, Mother Bernee Wheeler; son Andy Wheeler (Renee); and grandchildreneemmilyn aneeverett Wheeler. Services will be held Sunday, April 7, at 2:30 pm at Pleasant Green Uneed Methodist Church in Durham, NC.
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