[2][3][4] She married bank officer Douglas Wheaton on 5 February 1925 in the Stow Memorial Congregational Church and they had three sons: Geoff, Neville and Roger.

[3][5] In 1939, Wheaton was awarded for her service in the community by the King, who gifted her an MBE in the birthday honours, and she became a life member of the Australian Association of Social Workers in 1965.

[1] After retirement in 1975 at the age of sixty, Wheaton was accepted by the welfare secretariat of the United Nations where she helped develop postgraduate studies in social work in the universities of Punjab, West Pakistan, and Bangladesh between July 1958 to September 1962 as both an adviser and examiner.

Wheaton fostered the growth of social work as a profession, emphasising "collaboration over competition".

[3] Alongside teaching, Wheaton participated in civic, public and international affairs and served her time by contributing towards projects as a consultant or adviser.