VAN WELLS NOV 12 1932---JULY 31 2010
VAN WELLS, 77 OF CARROLLTON TX PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY JULY 31 2010 WITH HIS LOVING FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARY JANE (JANIE) WILLIAMS, HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER, JENNIFER WELLS OF MILWAUKEE WI, HIS 3 STEP CHILDREN ROCKY WILLIAMS AND WIFE ANGIE WILLIAMS OF SAN ANTONIO, KEVIN WILLIAMS AND WIFE LAURA WILLIAMS AND MEGAN WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND ANTHONY BASS. VAN IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 7 GRAND CHILDREN WHO BROUGHT HIM SO MUCH JOY.

VAN WAS BORN NOV 12 1932 IN OSCEOLA ARK. HE LEFT ARKANSAS AND JOINED THE US NAVY WHERE HE SERVED PROUDLY FOR 7 YEARS, AFTER BEING MEDICALLY RETIRED. HE THEN WENT TO LAYTON SCHOOL OF ARTS AND GRADUATED WITH A DESIGNING DEGREE. AFTER LANDING A JOB WITH JOHNSON CONTROL HE SETTLED DOWN IN MILWAUKEE WI. RAISED A FAMILY AND RETIRED FROM JOHNSON CONTROL. HE MOVED TO CARROLLTON TX IN 1996 AND LIVED OUT THE REST OF HIS LIFE THERE.

VAN WAS TRULY A LOVING, CARING AND VERY EASY GOING PERSON. HE WAS LOVED BY MANY WHO KNEW HIM. HE HAD MANY INTEREST THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE BUT IS LOVE FOR FAMILY OUT SHINED THE OTHERS. HIS OTHER INTEREST WERE BY FAR FLYING. HE LOVED TO FLY, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT IT WAS. AT ONE POINT IN HIS LIFE HE WAS BLESSED TO OWN HIS OWN PLANE AND WE LOVED LISTENING TO THE MANY STORIES OF HIM FLYING. HE LOVED DRAWING, DESIGNING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. WE HAD VERY LITTLE PICTURE'S OF HIM SINCE HE WAS ALWAYS BEHIND THE CAMERA. EVEN AFTER MOVING TO CARROLLTON HE STILL HAD A LOVE FOR THE GREEN BAY PACKERS WHICH HE TOOK ALL THE RIBBING IN STRIDE. HE ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART FOR THE MILITARY. HE WAS A VERY PROUD AMERICAN AND LOVED HIS TIME IN THE NAVY.

VAN LOVED HIS GOD AND WAS A MEMBER OF TRINITY VALLEY CHURCH IN CARROLLTON HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND COUNTRY, HE WAS A VERY PROUD MAN AND WE ALL LOVED HIM VERY MUCH. HE WILL BE MISSED VERY MUCH AND KNOW WE WILL BE WITH HIM AGAIN ONE DAY.

MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE : THURSDAY AUGUST 5 2010 AT 10:00 AM AT TRINITY VALLEY CHURCH 3114 OLD DENTON RD CARROLLTON TX 75007.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE IN HIS HONOR TO TRINTY VALLEY CHURCH 3114 OLD DENTON RD, CARROLLTON TX 75007.