Ines Fitz Randolph Wells was born at Farina, Ill., October 11, 1870, and died at her home in Farina, February 5, 1947. When a young woman she was baptized by Rev. C. A. Burdick and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Here she was a faithful worker and attendant all her life. February 21, 1891, she was united in marriage to Oscar Clark Wells, and to them six children were born, Ernest, dying in infancy. In 1941 they celebrated their golden wedding and the appreciation of the community for their long and faithful service was expressed in gifts of flowers, postal cards, and in expressions of good will. Sister wells will be greatly missed from her accustomed place in the home and in the community and from the church services from which she was seldom absent. She is survived, aside from her husband, by five children: Mrs. Oma Morley and Mrs. Gail Alderdice of Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Elsie Russel of Berkeley, Calif., Glen of Farina, and George of Joliet, Ill.; by two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Persels and Mrs. Mabel Allen of Farina. Funeral services were conducted at the church by her pastor, Rev. C. L. Hill, February 7, 1947, and burial was made in the Farina Cemetery.
