WELLS, Emma (nee Joslin) 1922-2003

WELLS, PHELPS, JOSLIN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/2/2009 at 11:45:40

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Emma Wells, 81, a former Charles City resident, died Thursday, June 05, 2003, at her home in Austin, Minesota.

Funeral services for Emma Wells will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City. The Rev. A.C. Wegner, pastor of Faith Bible Chapel, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until service time on Monday.

A complete obituary will be in Monday's Charles City Press.

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Emma Wells, 81

Emma Wells, 81, formerly of Charles City, Iowa, died Thursday, June 5, 2003, at her home in Austin.

She was born March 6, 1922, in Bremer County, to Elmer and Lois (Phelps) Joslin. She attended school in Bremer County. On Jan. 10, 1963, she married John Wells in Charles City. The couple lived in Riceville until the mid-1960s when they moved to Charles City. She was a member of Faith Bible Chapel. She enjoyed soap operas, fishing, bingo and was excellent at sewing and tatting. She loved her pets.

Survivors include her son Jerry Keilsmeier, Waseca; caretaker, Kathleen Schuna, Austin; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two daughters-in-law, Cathy Dull, Fairbault, and Connie Kielsmeier, Austin; and one sister-in-law, Jennie Boggess, Mason City, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, three brothers and one daughter, Barb Swancutt.

Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until service time on Monday at the funeral home.

Service: 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with Rev. A.C. Wegner, pastor of Faith Bible Chapel, officiating.

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Funeral Home: Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City.

[Austin Daily Herald online]