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Paul A Wells

Male 1911 - 1989  (77 years)


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  • Name Paul A Wells 
    Born 11 Sep 1911  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 May 1989  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 16 May 1989  Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6947  Rossville
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2018 

    Father William Wells,   bur. Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Cora Dove Wells 
    Family ID F8031  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Veda L Broadbent Wells 
    Children 
     1. Paul E Wells
     2. Robert E Wells
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2018 16:01:18 
    Family ID F8032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 16 May 1989 - Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Wells, Paul
    Obituary- Wells, Paul
    Paul A. Wells
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home for Paul A. Wells, 77, Topeka. He died Saturday, May 13, 1989, at a Topeka hospital.

    Mr. Wells was employed in the communications department of the Santa Fe Railway offices 46 years before he retired in 1975.

    He served in the Navy during World War II, including eight weeks in Guam.

    He was born Sept. 11, 1911, at
    Delia, the son of William and Cora
    Dove Wells. He was graduated from Soldier High School and lived in Topeka since 1930.

    Mr. Wells was a member of the United Methodist Church in Soldier.
    He also was a member of Capitol Post No. 1 of the American Legion and the Eagles Lodge, both in Topeka.

    He was married to Veda L. Broadbent Aug. 23, 1938, at Soldier. She survives.

    Other survivors include two sons, Paul E. Wells, Green River, Wyo., and Robert E. Wells, Topeka; three sisters, Lillie Mae Wells, Soldier, Geneva Jones, Estes Park, Colo., and Velma Meade, Topeka; a brother, Lester Wells, Grants Pass, Ore.; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

    Burial will be in Rochester Ceme-tery. Mr. Wells will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.