A Celebration of Life and Remembrance for Milton Joseph Wells, age 90 years, is 10:00 am, Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Ted Kuschel will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 am to 9:45 am in the chapel prior to the service. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Milton passed away Thursday, December 3, 2015 in Enid.
Milton was born April 17, 1925 in Monmouth, Illinois to Joseph Wells and Clara (Brown) Wells. The family moved to North Enid in 1932, and a few years later moved to a farm near Lahoma. He graduated from Lahoma High School in 1943. In 1949, he married Lottie Mae VanBuskirk. They moved to Enid and he continued to farm for the next 60 years. He was also employed as a finish carpenter for R.T. Stratton.
Milton is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lottie; his son, Alan, of Enid; his daughter, Kathy Lyons, of Woodland Park, CO; two sisters, Phyllis Wedel, of Enid and Janice Wehrman of Lahoma; two grandchildren, Jessica Ricks and husband Jordan, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Maggie Lyons and husband Dylan Cobb, of Denver, CO; three great-grandsons, Leif, Rylan and Kai Ricks; and many nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Martha Coppock, and son-in-law Win Lyons.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church or Ross Hospice with Ladusau-Evans serving as custodians of the funds.
Condolences may be made and services may be viewed at www.ladusauevans.com .
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