DuWayne and Sherry Wheelwright were married on May 10, 1958, in Roy, Utah. They were sealed in the Logan Temple April 22, 1964.

DuWayne served four years in the Navy before going to work at Hill Air Force Base in the Minute Man Missile Program.

They have lived in their home in Roy, for the past 48 years. Sherry was a stay at home mother, helping to raise their 12 children: (Lynn) and Jeanie, (Laura) and Scott, (Kelly) and Sharon, (Terry) and Mindy, (Rick) and Amy, Susan, Julie, Janica, (Marisa) and Chris, (Briana) and Clayton, (Alyssa) and Jason, and Jace. They have 36 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

They will celebrate their 60th Anniversary on May 13, 2018, at their home with family and friends.