Obituary Wells Orlan
Chariton Patriot
29 September 1949
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Orlan Wells, Clerk of District Is Taken By Death
Rites to Be Held Friday, 2:30 p.m., Court House Closes.
Orlan Wells, 56, clerk of the district court for Lucas county since 1939, died at his home here Tuesday at 3:30 a.m. He had been ill for several months.
Services are to be at the Methodist church Friday at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Leonard Fardon, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Samp, officiating. The Miley Funeral Home will be in charge. Burial will be in the Chariton cemetery.
Born in Lucas county, he attended rural school and was a graduate of Chariton high school. He is a member of the Gospel Center church and the Knights of Pythias lodge.
His first wife, Miss Mabel Byers of Belinda, died in 1936. In 1941 he married Miss Clara Dillman of Corydon, who survives. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Emerson F. wells of Chariton; the children of his first marriage, Addison Wells of Minneapolis, Dean Wells of Los Angeles, Thayne Wells of Chariton, Misses Betty and Patty Wells at home and Donald Wells, University of Iowa student; four brothers, Paul of Cushing, Varian of Russel, Norman of Silvertown, Colo., and Hugh of Clarinda; a sister, Miss Gail Wells, Chariton teacher; and three grandchildren.
A son, Vernon, was killed overseas in World War II. His father, the late Judge Emerson F. Wells, died several years ago.
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Closes
The Lucas county court house will close at noon Friday, Sept. 30, and will remain closed for the rest of the day out of respect to the late clerk of the district court and to allow employees to attend the services.
