Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameClara “Betty” Wells 
Birth16 Apr 1898, Fayette Co, PA
Death29 Mar 1985, Belle Vernon, Fayette Co, PA
Burial2 Apr 1985, Arlington Nat'l Cem, Arlington, VA
MemoSection 38 Site 5006
FatherJames S. Wells (1855-1930)
MotherMary L. Stuckslager (1860-1937)
Misc. Notes
With her parents at age 12 in 1910.
In 1924 she was living in Chicago and sailed from Los Angeles to Hawaii on Jan 5th, arriving there on Jan 12th, then sailing back to San Francisco on Feb 6th.
She married Thomas Gorman and served in the US Navy. At the time of his death in 1958 she was living in Washington, DC.
[Obituary] The Valley Independent (Monessen, PA) - 30 Mar 1985
GORMAN - Clara B. Wells, 86, of 317 Broad Ave, Belle Vernon, died Friday, March 29, 1985 at 6:12 a.m. in the Horizon Nursing Home, Canonsburg. Friends will be received Sunday and Monday from noon to 9 p.m. in the Howard C. McCroy Funeral Home, Fayette City. Funeral Services will be held in the funeral home on Monday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. with the Rev. Robert W. Higginbotham, pastor of Bethel United Methodist Church in Lower Burrell, officiating. Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
She is buried next to her husband.
In 1924 she was living in Chicago and sailed from Los Angeles to Hawaii on Jan 5th, arriving there on Jan 12th, then sailing back to San Francisco on Feb 6th.
She married Thomas Gorman and served in the US Navy. At the time of his death in 1958 she was living in Washington, DC.
[Obituary] The Valley Independent (Monessen, PA) - 30 Mar 1985
GORMAN - Clara B. Wells, 86, of 317 Broad Ave, Belle Vernon, died Friday, March 29, 1985 at 6:12 a.m. in the Horizon Nursing Home, Canonsburg. Friends will be received Sunday and Monday from noon to 9 p.m. in the Howard C. McCroy Funeral Home, Fayette City. Funeral Services will be held in the funeral home on Monday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. with the Rev. Robert W. Higginbotham, pastor of Bethel United Methodist Church in Lower Burrell, officiating. Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
She is buried next to her husband.
Spouses
Birth15 Mar 1876, Brookline, Norfolk Co, MA
Death14 Nov 1958
BurialArlington Nat'l Cem, Arlington, VA
MemoSec: 38, Site: 5005
Misc. Notes
Son of James Gorman and Margaret Fitzgerald
He enlisted 6 Jul 1897 and retired from the Navy on 25 Oct 1926, before marrying Clara.
His headstone reads: CGM (Chief Gunner’s Mate) US Navy Mex Border World War I and his birth, death dates.
He enlisted 6 Jul 1897 and retired from the Navy on 25 Oct 1926, before marrying Clara.
His headstone reads: CGM (Chief Gunner’s Mate) US Navy Mex Border World War I and his birth, death dates.
Marriage31 Jul 1930, Fredericksburg, VA