Grants Pass Daily Courier; Grants Pass OR; 2008-9-26


Lulu Darlene 'Pat' Wells

Former Grants Pass resident Lulu Darlene "Pat" Wells, 93, of Salem died
Sept. 14, 2008.

A funeral service was held at Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom
Funeral Directors in Salem.

The youngest of five children, she was born July 16, 1915, in Edgar,
Neb., to Jessie and Sarah Maud Lake.  When she was a child, her family
moved by train to Topeka, Kan.  In 1931, she married Wilbur C. Wells, who
died in 1968.  They moved from Kansas to San Diego in 1943.  After World
War II, they moved often while following construction jobs on the West
Coast When in Oregon, they stayed in the Aumsville/Stayton area.

In 1970, she met and married Roy E. Wells, who survives.  Shortly after
their marriage, they moved to Oceanside, Calif., and spent more than 20
years traveling across the United States and around the world.  In 1994,
they moved to South Carolina to be near her daughter.  In 1998, they moved
to Grants Pass to live with another daughter.  They moved to Farmington
Square in Salem in 2005.

After the death of her first husband, she became involved with the
Grandmothers Club of California and was Californis's state chairman.
She was a Christian and had been active in several churches where she
enjoyed working in the nurseries.

In addition to her husband, survivors include a son; David Wells of Salem;
three daughters, Carole Blankenbaker of Grants Pass, Patricia Moody of
Liberty, S.C., and Sharrie Morrow of  Ashville, N.C. ; 17 grandchildren,
several great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.