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'''Born: '''<span style="">August 12, 1926

'''Died: '''<span style="">January 16, 1988

'''Married: '''<span style="">[[Isadore%20J.%20Amell|Isadore J. Amell]]

'''Children: '''<span style="">James Amell, <span style="">Patrick , Mrs. Robert (Carole) Snickles

'''Irene Wells''' worked as <span style=""> a cook at the [[White%20Fathers|White Fathers]]<span style=""> camp at [[Onchiota|Onchiota]]<span style="">. She was a dietician at the [[General%20Hospital%20of%20Saranac%20Lake|General Hospital of Saranac Lake]].
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''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', January 18, 1988

'''Mrs. Irene Amell'''

BLOOMINGDALE - Irene W. Amell, 61, of the [[Overlook%20Apartments|Overlook Apartments]], died Saturday, Jan. 16 at the [[General%20Hospital%20of%20Saranac%20Lake|General Hospital of Saranac Lake]]. She was born Aug. 12, 1926, in Tupper Lake, the daughter of Perly and Minnie (Root) Wells.

She was a lifelong area resident and had been employed as a cook at the [[White%20Fathers|White Fathers]] camp at [[Onchiota|Onchiota]]. She was a dietician at the General Hospital of Saranac Lake and was later employed by the Triple S Redemption Store in Saranac Lake.

She was last worked for the [[Saranac%20Lake%20Area%20Chamber%20of%20Commerce|Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce]], retiring in 1975.

She was married to Isadore J. Amell, who died in August 1986.

Survivors include two sons, James and Patrick Amell, both of Bloomingdale; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Carole) Snickles of Bloomingdale; one brother, Perry Wells of Schenectady; two sisters, Carole Porter of Lake Placid and Dorothy Edwards of Esperance; and nine grandchildren.

Mrs. Amell was predeceased by three brothers, Donald, Robert and Kenneth Wells.

Calling hours were scheduled to take place from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the [[Fortune%20Funeral%20Home|Fortune Funeral Home]] in Saranac Lake, with a Bible vigil service at 8 p.m.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 11 a.m. Tuesday at [[St.%20Paul's%20Church|St. Paul's Church]], Bloomingdale, with the Rev. [[Patrick%20Mundy|Patrick Mundy]], pastor, officiating.

Burial will be in [[St.%20Paul's%20cemetery|St. Paul's cemetery]] in May.

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