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Harold Orvil (Pink) Wells

Male 1904 - 1978  (73 years)


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  • Name Harold Orvil (Pink) Wells 
    Nickname Pink 
    Born 4 Aug 1904  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 May 1978  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 6 May 1978  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6938  Rossville
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2018 

    Father Clarence Degman Wells,   b. 11 Mar 1879, Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1942, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Lilla (Tilla) Stone Wells,   b. 3 Dec 1880, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1921, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1900 
    Family ID F2390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hazel F Hawk Wells,   b. 19 Nov 1910, Grove, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1988, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1928  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Buelah Jean Wells Pierson,   b. 18 May 1930,   d. 11 Jun 2011, Emerson, Mills County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +2. Florence Ann Wells Werner,   b. 7 Jul 1943, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 2007, Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Melvin D Wells
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2018 16:44:03 
    Family ID F6326  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Wells, Harold 1
    Obituary- Wells, Harold 1
    HAROLD O. WELLS
    Harold O. “Pink” Wells, 73, died suddenly at his home in Rossville Wednesday, May 3, 1978.

    He was born August 4, 1904, at Delia and spent all his life in the Rossville-St. Marys community, where he farmed.

    He was a past master of Pottawatomie Lodge No. 52 and district deputy grand master in 1956-57 of District 24, AF&AM. He was a member of St. Marys United Methodist Church.

    Mr. Wells was married to Hazel Hawk December 24, 1928, in Topeka. She survives.

    Other survivors include a son, Melvin Wells, Mayetta; two daughters, Mrs. Buelah Pierson, Hastings, la., and Mrs. Florence Werner, Paxico; four brothers, Myron, Cecil and Herbert Wells, Holton, and George Wells, Topeka; two sisters, Mildred Eby, Mayetta, and Clara Harper, Newcastle, Wyo.; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

    Verschelden Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Services were pending at press time.
    Obituary- Wells, Harold 2
    Obituary- Wells, Harold 2

    Harold O. Wells
    ROSSVILLE - Harold O. Wells, 73, at his home here
    Wednesday.

    He was born Aug. 4, 1904, at Delia and spent all his life in the Rossville-St. Marys community, where he farmed.

    He was a past master of Pottawatomie Lodge No. 52 and district deputy grand master in 1956-57 of District 24, AF&AM. He was a member of St. Marys United Methodist Church.

    Mr. Wells was married to Hazel Hawk Dec. 24,1928, in Topeka. She survives.

    Other survivors include a son, Melvin Wells, Mayetta; two daughters, Mrs. Buelah Pierson, Hastings, Iowa, and Mrs. Florence Werner, Paxico; four brothers, Myron Wells, Cecil Wells and Herbert Wells, Holton, and George Wells, 557 Burr; two sisters, Mildred Eby, Mayetta, and Clara Harper, Newcastle, Wyo.; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

    Services are pending at Versheldon [sic] Funeral Home at St. Marys.