Wheeler home a museum of spoons from all over

Aurora resident has collected more than 1,300 spoons

Nancy Wheeler (right) has spent 75 years of her life collecting spoons from around the country and the globe. She gets help maintaining the collection from her granddaughter, Gracie Wheeler-James (left).
Nancy Wheeler (right) has spent 75 years of her life collecting spoons from around the country and the globe. She gets help maintaining the collection from her granddaughter, Gracie Wheeler-James (left).

More than 1,300 spoons from all over the world decorate the wall of Nancy Wheeler’s home in Aurora, the fruit of a collection process that has spanned more than seven decades.  Wheeler says collecting the utensils has been rewarding hobby for over 75 years, since she was gifted her very first collector spoon. “My first spoon came from my mother, who was my Sunday school teacher when I was fou…