HANNIBAL---Dorothy Pierce Wells, 88, of Hannibal, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Fifth Street Baptist Church in Hannibal. The Rev. Richard Hurtgen will officiate. Burial will be at Grand View Burial Park in Hannibal.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, July 20, at the Smith Funeral Home & Chapel in Hannibal.
Mrs. Wells was born Feb. 8, 1919, in Clarkton to Warren and Beulah Ferguson Pierce.
She was married to William L. Wells on Aug. 16, 1946, in Washington, Mo. He preceded her in death Aug. 12, 1980.
Survivors include three children, Warren Wells and wife, Mary, of Kirksville, Julie Wells Stewart and husband, Lloyd, of Garvin, Minn., and Jennifer Wells Secker and husband, Jim, of Rogers, Ark.; five grandchildren, Christopher Katsaras, Julie Katsaras, Sarah Wells Scott and husband, John, Lauren Wells Spaniol and husband, John, and Brian C. Wells; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Roy Pierce of Falts, Ill., and her sisters-in-law, Mary McEntire and husband, Earl, and Laura Hudson, both of Hannibal; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Edith Pollard.
Mrs. Wells was an active member of Fifth Street Baptist Church. She was active in the community and had been a volunteer for The American Cancer Society's "Reach To Recovery" program, had served as a board member for the Senior Citizens Center and Hannibal Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. She was a member of Lighthouse Chapter 194, O.E.S. and was past Matron and Grand Representative and District Deputy.
She graduated from Hannibal-LaGrange College with an associate of arts degree in 1986.
Memorials may be made to Fifth Street Baptist Church.
