Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLora P. Wells 
Birth29 Nov 1895, Atlanta, Logan Co, IL
Census7 Apr 1930, Buffalo Twp, Ogle Co, IL
Death18 Jan 1973, Polo, Ogle Co, IL
BurialFairmount Cem, Polo, Ogle Co, IL
FatherJohn Franklin Wells (1866-1934)
MotherJeanette Alice ”Nettie" Hauger (1872-1957)
Misc. Notes
Married Winifred Benjamin Dusing (1891-1964) on 14 Feb 1917 with whom she had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Listed in 1930 as Lora P. Dusing (33, IL) married 12 yrs, with husband Winifred B. (38, IL) a farmer, and children Albert W. (12), Edna N. (9), Marjorie A. (8), and Donald E. (7).
Same info in 1940, with only children Marjorie and Donald at home.
[Obituary] Dixon Evening Telegraph - Thursday, 18 Jan 1973, pg 10
POLO— Mrs. Lora Dusing, 77, 404 S. Division St., died this morning in KSB Hospital. She was born in Atlanta Nov. 29, 1895, the daughter of John and Jeanette Hauger Wells. She was married to Winfred Dusing in Walnut, Feb. 14, 1917. He died Aug. 17, 1964. Survivors include two sons, Albert, Milledgeville, and Donald, Mt. Morris; two daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Edna) Grossnickle and Mrs. Beecher (Marjorie) Bomberger, Polo; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Sam Wells, Dixon; Clyde Wells, Pecatonica, and Warren Wells, Tucson, Ariz; three sisters, Miss Clare Wells, Dixon; Mrs. Julia McMahon, Dixon, and Mrs. Leslie Buck, Peoria. She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Brown-Seidel Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Holmes, pastor of the United Methodist Church, of which she was a member, officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. A memorial has been established to the United Methodist Church
Listed in 1930 as Lora P. Dusing (33, IL) married 12 yrs, with husband Winifred B. (38, IL) a farmer, and children Albert W. (12), Edna N. (9), Marjorie A. (8), and Donald E. (7).
Same info in 1940, with only children Marjorie and Donald at home.
[Obituary] Dixon Evening Telegraph - Thursday, 18 Jan 1973, pg 10
POLO— Mrs. Lora Dusing, 77, 404 S. Division St., died this morning in KSB Hospital. She was born in Atlanta Nov. 29, 1895, the daughter of John and Jeanette Hauger Wells. She was married to Winfred Dusing in Walnut, Feb. 14, 1917. He died Aug. 17, 1964. Survivors include two sons, Albert, Milledgeville, and Donald, Mt. Morris; two daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Edna) Grossnickle and Mrs. Beecher (Marjorie) Bomberger, Polo; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Sam Wells, Dixon; Clyde Wells, Pecatonica, and Warren Wells, Tucson, Ariz; three sisters, Miss Clare Wells, Dixon; Mrs. Julia McMahon, Dixon, and Mrs. Leslie Buck, Peoria. She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Brown-Seidel Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Holmes, pastor of the United Methodist Church, of which she was a member, officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. A memorial has been established to the United Methodist Church