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Lena Leta (Sanders) Wells

Posted 2018-06-29 by Judy Wight Branson
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona
Tuesday, June 26, 1962, page 23, column 7

84-Year-Old Native of Prescott Dies

Prescott - Services for Mrs. Lena Sanders Wells, 84, a member of one
of the first families to settle in Prescott, will be held at 10:30
a.m. tomorrow at the Chapel in the Garden of Widmer's Mortuary.

The eldest daughter of the pioneer couple, Thomas and Cynthia Miller
Sanders who were married in Oct. 1873, Mrs. Wells died Saturday in the
Arizona Pioneers Home.

Mrs. Wells, known as Aunt Lena, was born at the family homestead which
still stands near the Yavapai Community Hospital.

She was a member of the Elks Ladies, the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary, the Rebekah Lodge, the Arizona Pioneer Association and the
Skull Valley Community Church.

Friends may call from noon today until service time at the mortuary.

Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.

Mrs. Wells is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lois Henderson of Prescott;
a sister, Mrs. Louise Taylor of Costa Mesa, Calif.; two
granddaughters; three grandsons; 13 great-grandchildren and two great-
great-grandchildren.

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