Edward Wheeler

Edward Guerra was born in Fitchburg to Suzanne Marie Guerra (Jones) and Edward Guerra Sr. Went to highschool at St Bernards. Received an Associates Degree in Accounting at Mount Wachusett Community College and lived in Leominser, Massachusetts.Worked at Pepsi Cola bottling and Danka Business Systems and moved to Auburn, Massachusetts. Attended Calvary Evangelistic Center in Holden, MA where he met Shelly Sherwin at a Friday night coffeehouse called "The Center". Shelly and Edward ( later known as JR) were a married at that church on September 6. 1997.

Together, they took over running the coffeehouse serving inexpensive meals before evening ministry of solo artists and bands. Suzanne and Grandma Lucille were able to attend the wedding but Suzanne passed away September 12th and received the news when they returned from their honeymoon to Nova Scotia. To this Union, two boys were added to the family: Richard and Nathan. Lucille passed away in 2000 and the family moved to Kansas where JR traveled selling Life insurance and in 2002 the moved to North Carolina.

In 2004, the family changed their last name to wheeler and moved to Arizona to get away from what JR called a four letter word: snow. Richard and Nathan attended Butterfield School. JR furthered his education by getting an online Master's Degree in Business Administration. Locally, he pursued his passion for food and attended culinary classes along with Shelly at Pima Community College. Teachers there became familiar with the Wheeler clan as Richard, his wife Alena and Nathan also took culinary courses.

JR had a passion for politics and was active in the local Republican party and also as spent many hours getting signatures for the recall of Tucson's mayor.