Wasco-Sherman-Jefferson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wells, Floyd Earnest March 17, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 20, 2005
     Floyd Earnest Wells, 80, a resident of Rufus, died at his home on 
Thursday, March 17, 2005.
     He was born Sept. 27, 1924 in Anselmo, Neb., the youngest of seven 
children to Frank S. and Mattie Mae (McQuestin) Wells. He was raised in the 
Sand Hills of Nebraska near Broken Bow.
     He married Mary Pauline Clarke on March 16, 1946 in Broken Bow, Neb. They 
lived in the Madison Square area of Nebraska until the late 1940s. They moved 
to Caldwell, Idaho and then to Madrason April 1, 1950. He worked for a year 
harvesting clover in Madras and then switched to work power line construction 
in the Madras area. In 1960, he started work with P.P. & L, working for 22 ½ 
years before retiring in 1983. He and his wife moved to Rufus in 1972. After 
his retirement, they traveled throughout the Northwest and also lived in Rio 
Rancho, N.M. from 1999 to 2003.
     He was a member of Rufus Baptist Church and enjoyed rock hounding, 
hunting, fishing and traveling.
     He is survived by his wife, Pauline Wells, Rufus; children, Leona and her 
husband, Charles VanLeeuwen, Rio Rancho, N.M., Royce Lee Wells, Rio Rancho, 
N.M., Carol E. Middleton, Rufus, Linda S. and her husband, Pat Kirkpatrick, 
Yamhill; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, Hannah, Quinton and 
Saddie; one brother, Lloyd Wells, Broken Bow, Neb. and one sister, Rozena 
Voelker, Lincoln, NE.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
from 2 to 5 p.m. on Monday, March 21, 2005. 
     Graveside services will be held at Wasco Sunrise Cemetery at 11 a.m. on 
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 with Asa Jenson and Pastor Lee Brock officiating.      
Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.
     Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle 
St., The Dalles, OR 97058 or Rufus Baptist Church, Rufus, OR 97050.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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