John "Jack" Wheelton was the 25th mayor of the city of Windsor

Windsor, Ontario

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, Ontario

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, Canada

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, from 1965 to 1969. Following his years as mayor, he was an Ontario Provincial Court

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 judge. He was an avid gardener who enjoyed the outdoors. Judge Wheelton, his wife, Margaret, and son, Robert, died in a car accident in 1976 while returning to their home in Windsor from their summer cottage at Invercairn Beach near Sarnia

Sarnia, Ontario

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