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(June 14, 1922 – October 19, 1987)
 
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[[File:Tucker-Wheeler-Daugherty-VLaney.jpeg|thumb|[[Bob Tucker]], Mari Beth Wheeler, [[Walt Daugherty]] and [[Virginia Laney]], from left, in the mid-1940s, on what looks like a double date. Photo from the collection of [[Forrest J Ackerman]], scan by [[Andrew Porter]].]]
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[[File:Tucker-Wheeler-Daugherty-VLaney.jpeg|thumb|'''[[Bob Tucker]], Mari Beth Wheeler and [[Walt Daugherty|Walt]] and [[Virginia Daugherty]], from left, during [[Pacificon]] in 1946, on what looks like a double date.'''<br>''From the collection of [[Forrest J Ackerman]], scan by [[Andrew Porter]]''.]]
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'''Mari Beth Wheeler''' (later '''Colvin''') was a longtime [[fan]] and member of [[LASFS]].  She attended the [[Michicon 4]] and hung out with the [[slan shack|Slan Shack]] crowd, part of the group that moved from the [[Midwestern fandom|Midwest]] to [[L.A.]]
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'''Mari Beth Wheeler''' was the [[fan name]] of Mary Jayne Wheeler (née Coons, later Colvin). She was a longtime [[fan]], beginning in the 1940s, and a member of [[LASFS]].   
  
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Her first [[Worldcon]] was [[Pacificon]] in Los Angeles in 1946 and her last was [[L.A.con II]] in [[Anaheim]] in 1984.
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She attended [[Michicon 4]] and hung out with the [[Slan Shack]] crowd, part of the group that moved from the [[Midwest]] to [[L.A.]]. Her first [[Worldcon]] was [[Pacificon]] in Los Angeles in 1946 and her last was [[L.A.con II]] in [[Anaheim]] in 1984.
  
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From the mid-1940s through early 1950s, she lived in [[Bloomington, IL|Bloomington]], [[Illinois]], [[Pub Your Ish!|pubbed her ish]] and hung out with [[Tucker]]. She was the uncredited inspiration behind the notorious ''[[Three Fingers]]'' published by Tucker and [[Walt Liebscher]] in 1945.
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In 1944, she was [[buhead]] of the [[N3F]] [[Welcommittee]]. She was the uncredited inspiration behind the notorious ''[[Three Fingers]]'' published by [[Bob Tucker]] and [[Walt Liebscher]] in 1945.
  
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[[Les Croutch]] was [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light36.pdf rude about her] in his 1948 [[Torcon]] [[conrep]] (''[[Light]]'' 36).
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She served in the military during [[World War II]], coming from [[Washington, DC]], to [[Chicago]] for [[First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con]] in 1946, “wear­ing the crow-and-stripe of a third-class Petty Officer, representing a most recent promotion,” according to Tucker’s [[conrep]] from ''[[Bloomington News-Letter]]'' 4 ([https://fanac.org/fanzines/Bloomington_News_Letter/Bloomington_News_Letter04.pdf April 1946]).
  
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Her photo appears in [[Harry Warner]]'s history of [[fandom]] in the 1940s, ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]''.
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[[Les Croutch]] was [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light36.pdf rude about her] in his 1948 [[Torcon]] [[conrep]] (''[[Light]]'' 36).
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[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-marriage-of-coons-wheel/123867358/ In 1941,] she married [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10539620/elmer-lawrence-wheeler Elmer Lawrence "Larry" Wheeler (1920–1989)]; they had probably separated by the time she came into [[fandom]] and divorced no later than 1950. From the mid-1940s through early 1950s, she lived in [[Bloomington, IL|Bloomington]], [[Illinois]], [[Pub Your Ish!|pubbed her ish]] and hung out with [[Bob Tucker|Tucker]].
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*Photo in [[Harry Warner]]'s history of [[fandom]] in the 1940s, ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]''.
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* [https://fanac.org/fanzines/LASFS/LASFS1-12.jpeg Photo] from the [[LASFS Album]].
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* Obituary by [[Bob Tucker]] in ''[[Locus]]'' 323 (December 1987).
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* Obituary by Tucker in ''[[Science Fiction Chronicle]]'' 99 (December 1987).  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 2 May 2023

(June 14, 1922 – October 19, 1987)

Bob Tucker, Mari Beth Wheeler and Walt and Virginia Daugherty, from left, during Pacificon in 1946, on what looks like a double date.
From the collection of Forrest J Ackerman, scan by Andrew Porter.

Mari Beth Wheeler was the fan name of Mary Jayne Wheeler (née Coons, later Colvin). She was a longtime fan, beginning in the 1940s, and a member of LASFS.

She attended Michicon 4 and hung out with the Slan Shack crowd, part of the group that moved from the Midwest to L.A.. Her first Worldcon was Pacificon in Los Angeles in 1946 and her last was L.A.con II in Anaheim in 1984.

In 1944, she was buhead of the N3F Welcommittee. She was the uncredited inspiration behind the notorious Three Fingers published by Bob Tucker and Walt Liebscher in 1945.

She served in the military during World War II, coming from Washington, DC, to Chicago for First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con in 1946, “wear­ing the crow-and-stripe of a third-class Petty Officer, representing a most recent promotion,” according to Tucker’s conrep from Bloomington News-Letter 4 (April 1946).

Les Croutch was rude about her in his 1948 Torcon conrep (Light 36).

In 1941, she married Elmer Lawrence "Larry" Wheeler (1920–1989); they had probably separated by the time she came into fandom and divorced no later than 1950. From the mid-1940s through early 1950s, she lived in Bloomington, Illinois, pubbed her ish and hung out with Tucker.

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