Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMae Mary Rebecca Probst
Birth26 Sep 1887, West Liberty, Muscatine Co, IA
Death1 May 1936, Winnebago, Faribault Co, MN
Burial3 May 1936, Oak Ridge Cem, West Liberty, Muscatine Co, IA
MemoRev Walter A. Smith
ReligionMethodist
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Henry William Probst (1854-1943) and Mary Kistler (1853-1895)
Her brother was Charles D. Probst of West Liberty, who died before 1966.
[Obituary] West Liberty Index - Thursday, May 7 1936; pg 1
Final Service For Mrs. Wells
Rev. Walter A. Smith, pastor, conducted funeral services at the M.E. church, Sunday afternoon at 2:30, for Mrs. Ledger J. Wells, whose death occurred at her home near Winnebaggo, Minn., Friday morning. Burial was made at Oakridge cemetery. At Winnebago, services were held Saturday afternoon at the Baptist church. In the services here, Mrs. Ralph Evans and Mrs. Lysle Holmes sang "In the Garden" and "Some" Sweet Day", with Mrs. W.A. Smith as accompanist. The following sketch was read by Mr. Smith:
Mary Rebecca, the daughter of Henry and Mary Probst was born near West Liberty on September 26, 1887 and departed this life at the hospital in Winnebago, Minn., on the morning of May 1, 1936. She was 48 years of age on her last birthday. She grew to young womanhood in the community of her birth. Here, too, she was married on January 28 1909 to Ledger J. Wells who survives, mourning a loss paralyzing in its suddenness and irreparable in its completeness.
After their marriage the established their home on a farm north west of Downey, later moving to the O'Leary farm near Iowa City. In the year 1915 they moved to Minnesota. The first three years were spent on a farm near Modelia and then they came to their present location near Winnebago. Mrs. Wells was the mother of one child, a son, James Robert, who survives with his father, and an adopted daughter, Grace Marie. Also surviving are her father, Henry Probst, her step-mother, the latter being as dear as an own mother since her own mother passed away when Mrs. Wells was but a small child, a sister Mrs. Cora Little, and a brother, Charles D. Probst, all of West Liberty; a sister Mrs. Wilma Hagan of Lodi, Calif., a brother, Oliver E. Probst of Sanborn, ND, also a number of nieces, nephews and cousins and a host of friends on South Prairie who remember her for her many acts of kindness.
She was baptized into the fellowship of the Methodist church in her childhood, and was a regular attendant of the south Prairie Sunday school. Mrs. Wells was active in community welfare work, ever taking a keen interest in the happiness of those about her. She leaves a wide circle of friends who with the immediate relatives are shocked by the suddenness of her departure and are experiencing a sense of keen loss in her going. The pastor at Winnebago expressed his appreciation of Mrs. Wells' worth in these words:
"It is a matter of sincere regret that it was not the privilege of the speaker to have had the acquaintance with Mrs. Wells. Many here have spoken to him of her fine qualities and of her interest in this church. All of us join in praying that every possible comfort may come to this group of sorrowing relatives and intimate friends."
Spouses
Birth28 Jun 1879, West Liberty, Muscatine Co, IA
Death30 Dec 1965, Winnebago, Faribault Co, MN
MemoWinnebago Hospital
Burial2 Jan 1966, Oak Ridge Cem, West Liberty, Muscatine Co, IA
OccupationFarmer
FatherJames Alexander Wells (1838-1907)
MotherLydia Catherine Logsdon (1840-1904)
Misc. Notes
Listed as a farmhand with his parents in 1900, and was unemployed two months during the year.
Children: James Robert Wells b. 8 Apr 1912 and (adopted) Grace Maria Wells b. 3 Sep 1926.
After their marriage they established their home on a farm north west of Downey, later moving to the O'Leary farm near Iowa City. In the year 1915 they moved to Minnesota. The first three years were spent on a farm near Modelia and then settled in Lavern, near Winnebago, where they lived until the death of his wife in 1936.
In 1940 he is listed on his farm as a widower (60, IA) with just his son James (28, IA) and adopted daughter Grace (15, MN).
[Obituary] West Liberty Index - Thursday, January 6, 1966; pg 1
Leger Wells Buried Here
Graveside services for Leger Wells, 86, of Truman, Minn., were held at Oakridge Cemetery on Sunday, Jan. 2, at 1:30 p.m. Funeral services had been held on Dec. 31 at 2:00 p.m. at the Spencer Armstrong Funeral Home in Winnebago, Minn. Pastor George Hamilton of the Delavan Methodist Church officiated. Honorary pallbearers were Chesil Tomlinson, Ed Sloan, Herry Hair, Orren Fairbanks, Leonard Nelson and Fred Sweet. Leger J. Wells was born June 28, 1879 at West Liberty, Iowa, and passed away at the Winnebago Hospital on December 30, 1965, from pneumonia and complications.
Mr. Wells was married to Mae Probst on January 28, 1909. He is survived by one son, James of Austin, Minnesota, and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Orr (Grace) of Truman.
In 1915 they moved to a farm in Madelia where they spent three years before moving to Winnebago in 1918. Mrs. Wells passed away in 1936. Aug 29, 1942 he was united in marriage at Huntley to Zelda Lloyd. In 1951 they moved to Carlos, Minnesota, were they resided for 14 years. They returned to Winnebago in April of this year. Mr. Wells had been in failing health for the last two years.
Mr. Wells is survived by his widow, Zelda; a son, James; a daughter, Grace; and four grandchildren--Susan, Lynn, and Ozzie Wells and Russell Orr. He was a brother-in-law of the late Charles D. Probst of West Liberty.
Marriage28 Jan 1909, West Liberty, Muscatine Co, IA
Marr MemoJ.W. Elliott Clergyman
ChildrenJames Robert (1912-1988)
 Grace Marie (Adopted) (1926-1969)
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