Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLewis Lester Wells 
Birth23 Nov 1893, Centralia, Lewis Co, WA
Census16 Jan 1920, Leroy, Franklin Co, WA
Memoroll#1920, pg 3
Census9 Apr 1930, Yacolt, Clark Co, WA
Memoroll#2485, pg 3
Census18 Apr 1940, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
Census7 Apr 1950, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
Memoroll#5652, pg 11
Death2 Sep 1958, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
Memocert# 10156
BurialVernonia Memorial Cem, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
FatherWilliam Arthur Wells (1850-1933)
MotherMartha Ann Shelton (1860-1945)
Misc. Notes
He was living in Eltopia, WA when he registered for the Draft in 1917.
Listed in Leroy, WA in 1920 as a grain farmer with his wife Florence E. (19, IA). By 1930 he had moved to Yacolt and is listed as (re)married 2 years to Maud R. (25, OR) and working as a butcher in a logging camp. His name is spelled Louis in 1930.
They were living in Vernonia in 1940, with him still listed as a butcher (46, WA) in the logging camp. His family consisted of Maude (35, OR) and children Martha R. (9), Lester L. (7), William O. (6), Patricia K. (4), Margaret A. (2), and Ruby F. (9 mos).
His headstone lists his death as 3 Sept 1958, and says he was a PVT in the 90 Spruce Squadron in WWI.
Listed in Leroy, WA in 1920 as a grain farmer with his wife Florence E. (19, IA). By 1930 he had moved to Yacolt and is listed as (re)married 2 years to Maud R. (25, OR) and working as a butcher in a logging camp. His name is spelled Louis in 1930.
They were living in Vernonia in 1940, with him still listed as a butcher (46, WA) in the logging camp. His family consisted of Maude (35, OR) and children Martha R. (9), Lester L. (7), William O. (6), Patricia K. (4), Margaret A. (2), and Ruby F. (9 mos).
His headstone lists his death as 3 Sept 1958, and says he was a PVT in the 90 Spruce Squadron in WWI.
Spouses
Birth11 Oct 1900, Iowa
Death11 Aug 1920, Eltopia, Franklin Co, WA
MemoSt Elizabeth Hospital
Burial13 Aug 1920, Tahoma Cem, Yakima, WA
MemoSect C, Blk 197, SE Qtr, Lot 3
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Charles Thomas Shelton and Lillian Laughunn. When Florence was about two years old her mother died in childbirth, so Florence was raised by her grandparents until she was twelve years old.
After marrying Lewis, she had a baby girl on 22 May 1920 in Eltopia, WA but it was a premature birth and only lived a few hours then died. Florence died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis later that year.
After marrying Lewis, she had a baby girl on 22 May 1920 in Eltopia, WA but it was a premature birth and only lived a few hours then died. Florence died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis later that year.
Marriage22 Sep 1919, Franklin Co, WA
Marr Memo#744
Birth19 Mar 1905, Holdman, Umatilla Co, OR
Death21 Sep 1996, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
BurialVernonia Memorial Cem, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
Misc. Notes
[Obituary] The Oregonian (Portland, OR) - 24 September 1996
Deceased Name: MAUDE R. BECK WELLS
A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1996, in the First Christian Church in Vernonia for Maude R. Beck Wells, a 65-year resident of Vernonia who died Sept. 21 at age 91.
Mrs. Wells was born March 19, 1905, in Holdman. Her maiden name was Beck. She graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1923 and attended Central Washington College of Education for two years. She later attended Portland State University and Western Oregon State College and obtained a bachelor's degree at age 60.
In 1928, she married Lewis ''Lester''; he who died in 1958. She taught elementary school from 1924 to 1928 and later taught at the Vernonia Grade School for 12 years and retired in from 1960 until retiring in 1972. She was had been a member of the church since 1931.
Surviving are her sons, Lester L. of Vernonia and William O. of Portland; daughters, Patricia K. Adsit and Martha R., both of Portland, Margaret A. Wells of Payette, Idaho, and Ruby W. Ifversen of Honolulu; brothers, Oliver Beck of Echo and John Beck of Eugene; sisters, Lenora Shearer of Estacada and Kathleen Akins of Milwaukie; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Fuiten-Rose Chapel in Vernonia.
Deceased Name: MAUDE R. BECK WELLS
A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1996, in the First Christian Church in Vernonia for Maude R. Beck Wells, a 65-year resident of Vernonia who died Sept. 21 at age 91.
Mrs. Wells was born March 19, 1905, in Holdman. Her maiden name was Beck. She graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1923 and attended Central Washington College of Education for two years. She later attended Portland State University and Western Oregon State College and obtained a bachelor's degree at age 60.
In 1928, she married Lewis ''Lester''; he who died in 1958. She taught elementary school from 1924 to 1928 and later taught at the Vernonia Grade School for 12 years and retired in from 1960 until retiring in 1972. She was had been a member of the church since 1931.
Surviving are her sons, Lester L. of Vernonia and William O. of Portland; daughters, Patricia K. Adsit and Martha R., both of Portland, Margaret A. Wells of Payette, Idaho, and Ruby W. Ifversen of Honolulu; brothers, Oliver Beck of Echo and John Beck of Eugene; sisters, Lenora Shearer of Estacada and Kathleen Akins of Milwaukie; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Fuiten-Rose Chapel in Vernonia.
Marriage29 Jun 1928
ChildrenMartha Rhoda (1930-1997)
Lester Lewis (1932-2005)
William Oliver (1934-2009)
Margaret Ann (1937-2024)