Barnette-Lewis Funeral Home

Beloved professor and director of theatre at SDSU, Nancy Wheeler, 63, died Jan. 26 in Sioux Falls. She was born on April 25, 1946 in Sioux Falls to Marion and Isabel (Fleming) Wheeler; and grew up in Montrose, S.D. During the course of 31 years at SDSU, she directed 22 plays for State University Theatre, not including four experimental theatre productions after initiating the program.