Ethel Wells

Born: April 1,1917

Died: June 8, 1987

Children: Keith, Roger, Darrell, Bruce, Brian, Mich, Kevin, Clinton, Mrs. Mary Ellen Etheridge, Mrs. Sharon Stanley

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, June 8, 1987

Mrs. Ethel E. Wells

SARANAC LAKE - Ethel E. Wells, 70, of 167 Park Ave., died this morning, June 8, at the General Hospital of Saranac Lake.

She was born April 1,1917, in Brandon, the daughter of Clinton and Mary (Humiston) Eseltine.

On July 20,1938, she was married in Massena to Harold J. Wells. He died in 1974.

Mrs. Wells was a resident of the Saranac Lake area since 1960. She worked as a waitress at the Red Mill Restaurant in Paul Smiths for seven years and was a foster grandparent for Head Start in Saranac Lake for two years.

She is survived by six sons, Keith, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Roger, Washington, D.C., Darrell, Myrtle Beach, S.C., Bruce, Barre, Vt, Brian, South Lyon, Mich, and Kevin, Clinton; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Ellen Etheridge, Putnam, Ala., and Mrs. Sharon Stanley, with whom she made her home in Saranac Lake; 17 grandchildren and Gne great-grandchild.

Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Bella Bowles, Malone, Mrs. Hildegarde Berry, Potsdam, Mrs. Carmen Biando, Herkimer, ,and Mrs. Dorothy Ellsworth, Fort Covington, and several nieces and nephews

Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Fortune Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be said at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the North Country Christian Center in Saranac Lake, officiated by the Rev. Gene Stanley, pastor, and the Rev. Brooks Etheridge.

Burial will follow at Steven's Cemetery in Brandon.

Donations in Mrs. Wells's memory may be made in care of the funeral home to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.

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