Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Wells, Ella M.  January 1947
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Independent Enterprise, Payette, Idaho, January 23, 1947
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, January 23, 1947

Mrs. Ella M. Wells, Pioneer, Passes

Mrs. Ella M. Wells, 76, a pioneer of this city since Boomerang days passed away 
at the family residence on Second Avenue South early Saturday morning. 

She was the widow of Will Wells, editor and publisher of the former Payette 
Enterprise, who preceded her in death in 1934.

Funeral services were held at the Landon Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon with 
Mrs. A. B. Moss of the Christian Science church in charge. Mrs. Bernard Eastman 
was soloist and Miss Mary Duncan served as pianist. Pall bearers were A. B. 
Moss, Bernard Eastman, M. E. Zentist, Lloyd Pence, Clyde Thurston and Ralph 
Thurston. Interment was at Riverside cemetery under the direction of Landon’s 
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wells was born at Little Sioux, Iowa Sept. 2, 1870 and at the age of 13 
drove with her parents overland to Payette which was then known as Boomerang. 
She made her residence here continuously from that time until her death. 

Deceased is survived by one son, Leo Ballenger, Payette; a daughter, Mrs. Fern 
Neal, Santa Cruz, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. H. E. Miller, of Seattle, Wash.; four 
brothers: Vet Conyers, Los Angeles, Calif., "Doc" Conyers, Rogue River, Ore., 
Rufus Conyers, Los Angeles, Calif., and John Conyers, of Arizona; three 
grandchildren and two great grandchildren. One grandson gave his life during 
World War ll.

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