Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameBernice Mildred Wells
Birth27 Dec 1923, Mt Erie, Wayne Co, IL
Death25 Nov 2012, Fairfield, Wayne Co, IL
BurialScott Cem, Mt Erie, Wayne Co, IL
FatherFrederick Herschel Wells (1895-1979)
Misc. Notes
married Willard H. WOOD (b: 15 Feb 1915 Wayne Co IL) on 5 Apr 1941 in Clayton, MO and was Mrs. Willard (Bernice) Wood of Carbondale at the time of her mother’s death.
[Obituary]
BERNICE WOOD, 88 of Fairfield, IL, passed away at 2:20 AM, Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Way-Fair Nursing & Rehab Center; Fairfield, IL
Bernice was born December 27, 1923 at Mt. Erie, IL to Fred H. and Ella (VanFossan) Wells. She married Willard Wood April 5, 1941 at Clayton, MO and he survives.
Bernice was a telephone operator for twenty years for General Telephone. She was a member of First Christian Church at Fairfield, IL and loved children, animals, growing roses and helping others.
Bernice is survived by her husband Willard Wood; one daughter Carolyn Hothersall; two sons Willard and William Wood; three sisters Anna Fern Massie; Dorothy Billington and Mary Frye; and one brother Charles Wells. Six grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.
Preceding her in death were four brothers Elmo, Harold, Gerald, and Glen Everett and her parents.
Funeral services for Bernice Wood were held at Hosselton Funeral Home. Burial was at Scott Cemetery at Mt. Erie, IL.
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