Josephine 'Jo' Wells
November 18, 2020 at 10:45 p.m.
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She was born on Aug. 7, 1922, on the family farm in Warsaw, to Ralph H. and Lillie Faye Wissler Reiff.
She attended Pierceton High School and was a lifetime Pierceton/Warsaw area resident and lived within 1 mile from where she was born except for five years in Crestline, Ohio. She purchased 20 acres right next to her parents farm, and that was her home for over 70 years. Her father helped her with farming the land, and she helped him tile the ground by digging and laying drain lines by hand.
She was married Oct. 5, 1937, in Huntington, to Robert Royce Galbreath, who preceded her on Dec. 28, 1944. She then was remarried on Sept. 12, 1946, to Robert S. Wells, who preceded her in 1999. She retired from Stephan’s Enterprises in Pierceton at the age of 83. She formerly worked at Western Auto in Warsaw, Warsaw Coil, and Winona Lake and North Webster laundry mats. She helped her sister, Mary, for many years as a cook at the Shrine Building in Warsaw, serving many civic groups and private parties.
She attended Morris Chapel United Methodist Church in Warsaw, where she spent many hours helping make homemade noodles as a fundraiser for the church. She formerly attended United Methodist Church in Pierceton and was a member of the Senior Citizens Group in Pierceton.
She is survived by two sons: Marvin L. (Jeannie) Galbreath, of Syracuse; and Richard A. (Frances) Wells, of Pierceton; three grandchildren:?Aaron D. Hartup, Robert “Rob” (Mindy) Galbreath and Todd (Candy) Wells; three great-grandchildren: Grady and June Galbreath and Audrey Wells; and one brother, Samuel Reiff, of Warsaw.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; daughter, Lillie Faye “Susie” Hartup; two sisters, Veradean Reiff and Mary Shrover; and two brothers, Robert and Bill Reiff.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Pierceton, with Pastor Steve Newkirk officiating. Family is requesting that masks are worn at graveside. Owen Family Funeral Home, Ind. 13 and CR?500N, North Webster, is in charge of arrangements.
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Preferred memorials may be given to the Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 482, Pierceton, IN 46562.
To send condolences to the family of Josephine Wells, please visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
She was born on Aug. 7, 1922, on the family farm in Warsaw, to Ralph H. and Lillie Faye Wissler Reiff.
She attended Pierceton High School and was a lifetime Pierceton/Warsaw area resident and lived within 1 mile from where she was born except for five years in Crestline, Ohio. She purchased 20 acres right next to her parents farm, and that was her home for over 70 years. Her father helped her with farming the land, and she helped him tile the ground by digging and laying drain lines by hand.
She was married Oct. 5, 1937, in Huntington, to Robert Royce Galbreath, who preceded her on Dec. 28, 1944. She then was remarried on Sept. 12, 1946, to Robert S. Wells, who preceded her in 1999. She retired from Stephan’s Enterprises in Pierceton at the age of 83. She formerly worked at Western Auto in Warsaw, Warsaw Coil, and Winona Lake and North Webster laundry mats. She helped her sister, Mary, for many years as a cook at the Shrine Building in Warsaw, serving many civic groups and private parties.
She attended Morris Chapel United Methodist Church in Warsaw, where she spent many hours helping make homemade noodles as a fundraiser for the church. She formerly attended United Methodist Church in Pierceton and was a member of the Senior Citizens Group in Pierceton.
She is survived by two sons: Marvin L. (Jeannie) Galbreath, of Syracuse; and Richard A. (Frances) Wells, of Pierceton; three grandchildren:?Aaron D. Hartup, Robert “Rob” (Mindy) Galbreath and Todd (Candy) Wells; three great-grandchildren: Grady and June Galbreath and Audrey Wells; and one brother, Samuel Reiff, of Warsaw.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; daughter, Lillie Faye “Susie” Hartup; two sisters, Veradean Reiff and Mary Shrover; and two brothers, Robert and Bill Reiff.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Pierceton, with Pastor Steve Newkirk officiating. Family is requesting that masks are worn at graveside. Owen Family Funeral Home, Ind. 13 and CR?500N, North Webster, is in charge of arrangements.
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Preferred memorials may be given to the Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 482, Pierceton, IN 46562.
To send condolences to the family of Josephine Wells, please visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
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