SELL, John Martin

Sun City – Funeral rites for John Martin Sell, 83, who died Wednesday, December 2, 1964, in Northwest Hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Lundberg’s Sunland Chapel here. The Rev. E. Duane Thistlethewaite will officiate. Burial will be in Sunland Memorial Park. Mr. Sell formerly lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he owned the Fidelity Storage and Transfer Co. for 42 years. He moved to Sun City four years ago from Los Angeles. He was a member of the United Commercial Travelers, Shuffle Board Club, Republicn Club and Poker Club at Sun City. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; three daughters, Mrs. Genevieve Zibell and Mrs. Lorraine Olexa, both of St. Paul, and Mrs. Beatrice Bjornstad of Shedd, Oregon; two sons, Paul W. Thorne of St. Paul and Robert Thorne of Los Angeles; and 11 grandchildren. Friends may call at the mortuary from noon to 6 p.m. today. Published in The Arizona Republic Friday, December 4, 1964, p. 6-C.