Delbert John Wells

1914 - 2001  (87 years)

• Name	Delbert John Wells  [1]
  Birth	9 Feb 1914	Guymon, Texas, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Aug 2001	Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri   [1, 2]
  Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri   [1]
  Person ID	I345034	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Rolley L. Wells
  Mother	Anna Cora Monroe
  Family ID	F220989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Guila Belle Delano,   b. 21 Oct 1918, ..., Alfalfa, Oklahoma d. 31 Oct 2015, Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1935	Guymon, Texas, Oklahoma   [1]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Duane Alan Wells,   b. 30 Aug 1948, Kansas d. 16 Oct 1989 (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F220988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Jefferson City News-Tribune (MO) August 7, 2001 J. Delbert Wells, 87, Jefferson City, died Aug. 6, 2001, at his home. He was born Feb. 9, 1914, in Guymon, Okla., a son of Rolley L. and Anna Cora Monroe Wells. He was married Aug. 21, 1935, in Guymon, to Guila Delano, who survives at the home. He earned a bachelor's degree from Panhandle A. & M. College and a master's degree and a teaching certificate from Oklahoma State University. A teacher and a farmer, he worked for several farm bureaus and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Agribusiness and Rural Affairs Committee; First United Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday school; the Jefferson City Council; Jefferson City Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons; Rotary Club; and Masonic Lodge 43, A.F. & A.M. He was on the board of the Cole County Nutrition Council; Board of Gambrill Gardens Methodist Home; the Jefferson City Police Board; and the Jefferson City Police Personnel Board. Other survivors include: three sons, Ronald Wells, Ponca City, Okla., Robert Wells, Brownsburg, Ind., and Dennis Wells, Algonquin, Ill.; one daughter, Donna Coon, Dewitt, Mich.; one brother, Lewis Wells, Plains, Kan.; one sister, Elinor Keesling, Newton, Kan.; 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. One son, Duane Alan Wells, died Oct. 16, 1989.

  
  

• Sources

  [S63042] Cemetery index, Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, (Find-a-Grave). [S77689] Obituary, Jefferson City News-Tribune (MO), J. Delbert Wells, (August 7, 2001).