M. Emlen Wheeler

Mary Emlen (Lowell) Wheeler, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Monday, February 15 2021. She was 95. Emlen was born December 14, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the seven children of Ralph Emerson and Charlotte L. (Loring) Lowell. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in New York and her Master’s degree from Simmons University in Boston. She worked as a social worker for SNARC in Westwood. Emlen was the beloved wife of the late James Grew Wheeler (the former longtime Moderator for the Town of Westwood) and the dear mother of James Grew Jr., and his wife Catherine, of East Burke, VT, Mary Emlen Anderson, and her husband John, of Wenham, William Hooper Wheeler, and his wife Elleo N Y, of Nahant, and Jonathan Lowell Wheeler, and his spouse John Iarussi, of Boston. She was the proud grandmother of Erin Wheeler Zimbler, and her husband Mattitiyahu, Emily Q. Wheeler, Jonathan R. Anderson, and his friend Rose, William Anderson, and his wife Jessica, Trevor J. Wheeler, and Trachita Wheeler. She was the great grandmother of Alexander James Anderson, and Isabelle Grace Anderson, and the sister of Ralph Lowell Jr., James H. Lowell 2nd, Lucy Grimm, and the late Charlotte Lowell, the late John Lowell, and the late Susan Wales. Services and interment will be private. In lieu of flowers donations to {to be determined} would be appreciated.