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Show Oldest Man of City Dies Phares Wells, 89, oidest male resident resi-dent of American Fork, died at his home here last Friday night of infirmities in-firmities incident to advanced age. Mr. Wells came to American Fork from Salt Lake in 1922 and has resided re-sided here since. His wife died about two years ago. The deceased was bom in Jackson County, Missouri, August 19, 1844, and came to Utah with a handcart company with his parents in 1848. He was a son of Phares and Maria McClain Wells. He chose as his profession early in life the contracting contract-ing business and worked along with his father for years. In 1S79 Mr. Wells married Julia Clark in Salt Lake, and they made that city their home until 1922. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ward W. Mitchell, Mrs. W. E. Clayton and Mrs. A. W. Schryber and a son, William W. Wells, all of Salt Lake, also a son, Vernon C. Wells of American Fork; two sisters, Mrs. Libby Lee of Tooele, and Mrs. Emma Tremayne of Los Angeles, and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Salt Lake Tuesday, in the rose room of the Taylor Mortuary under tile direction di-rection of the bishopric of the Salt Lake ward in which the deceased formerly resided. The services commenced com-menced at 1:30 p. m. and Interment was made in a Salt Lake cemetery. The services were conducted by Bishop McAllister of the iSleventh ward. The speakers were Bishop Lot Robinson of this city; Bishop Armstrong and Joseph Coulam. The musical selections consisted of a vocal vo-cal solo "Perfect Day" by Francis Anderson of this city, accompanied by Miss Ramona Davies of Provo; two vocal solos "I'm a Pilgrim" and "Going Home", by Alvin Keddington of Salt Lake, accompanied by his daughter; the invocation was offered of-fered by Bishop McAllister and the benediction pronounced by J. A. Clayton. |