Wells Cemetery
Wells, Elko County, Nevada
Lat: 41.11629208964692
Lng: -114.97306644916534

The Wells Cemetery consists of two sections, separated
by Highway 40, northwest of the city of Wells.
All photos by Terese Lakeman, unless otherwise
indicated. Copyright 2012


View of newer cemetery, across Highway 40 from the original Wells Cemtery (Google Earth)


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There is a second cemetery across the street from
the main Wells Cemetery. We refer to that cemetery
as Wells #2. All tomstones pictured here are located
in the main cemetery, unless otherwise noted.
NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENT CEMETERY
D
DALMONEGO, Ola Day 1891 1978    
DAVIS, Addis
DAVIS, Twin Daughters		 1901
1898		 1902
1898		 Daughters of Price & Addis Davis  
DAVIS, Delaine B. 9/15/1958 5/9/2002   Wells #2
DAY, Edith
DAY, Harry		 1898
1923		 1959
1959		    
DAY, Harry Alois, Sr. 10/10/1892 9/19/1939    
DAY, Mary E. 1873 1950 Mother  
DENSON, Cassandra J. 7/29/2004 9/13/2004 Age 1-1/2 Months Wells #2
DICKINSON, Aaron Wesley 7/29/1986 9/30/1986 Son of Clifford and Sherri  
DICKINSON, William G. 5/2/1921 1/9/2004 (Military) Wells #2
DiGRAZIA, Cora G.
DiGRAZIA, John E.		 1896
1894		 1976
1972		 Mom
Dad		  
DiGRAZIA, Joe
DiGRAZIA, Madeline		 10/27/1891
7/21/1896		 11/11/1990
2/5/1984		 Dad
Mom		  
DISHMAN, Donald 7/19/1928 8/15/1995    
DISNEY, Boyd W. 12/21/1885 5/15/1958    
DONATI, Domenich 7/11/1904 9/19/1954 "Tuffy"  
DONNELLY, John A. 11/11/1879 8/22/1945    
DRAKE. Baby 7/13/1916 5/23/1917    
DRAKE, Carrie 1/8/1885 2/21/1968 Mother  
DRAKE, William 7/2/188 6/1/1950 Father  
DUVAL, Sarah N. 1860 1944 Mother  
E
EASTON, Robert Elwood 1/2/1926 10/17/1976 Military  
ELTON, C. N. "Butch"
ELTON, Dorothy Patterson		 9/8/1922
5/10/1924		 4/29/2008
4/23/2008		 A gift to all they met  
ENGELBERT, Ray 3/12/1922 5/9/1990 Dad; WWII Vet  
ERIKSEN, Kimberli 1/20/1971 7/13/1975    
ESCAMILLA, Bonifacio L. 1894 1973    
ESCAMILLA, Mary J. 5/3/1922 3/23/1990 Mother  
F
FANSLER, M. G. 1885 1944    
FAUNCE, Laura Elizabeth 6/22/1893 4/12/1972    
FAUNCE, Theodore W. 6/25/1883 3/11/1968 Military  
FELTS, Joseph W.   4/16/1932 Military  
FINCK, Adolph 1839 1907    
FINCK, Hermeni 1854 1937 Mother  
FINCK, Waldemar 11/23/1878 8/19/1900    
FIRTH, Virginia 12/26/1901 7/20/1907    
FOOTE, C. W. 6/25/1864 2/10/1933    
FOOTE, Olive A. 2/27/1884 11/11/1954    
FOOTE, Ray A. 11/8/1890 10/11/1963    
FORMAN, Randell Scott 6/5/1962 12/25/1962 Baby Scotty  
FRANCO, Mae L. 9/25/1932 9/11/1997 Wife, Mother & Grandmother  
FRANCO, Michael David 6/29/1955 8/31/1987 Beloved Son & Brother  
FRETZ, Elizabeth Lue 6/1/1877 8/9/1939 Mother  
FRETZ, George William   5/14/1936 Military  
G
GALLEGOS, Margarita Delia 6/13/1938 6/4/1978 Beloved Daughter, Sister, Mother and Grandmother  
GARCIA, Annie M.
GARCIA, Joseph D.
2nd Stone		 7/1/1917
5/21/1913		 3/17/1995
2/23/1987		 Mother
Father		  
GARCIA, Edith Geraldine "Eda" 10/12/1950 3/29/1970    
GARCIA, Paul F. 9/12/1943 1/29/2002 U. S. Airforce Wells #2
GARRISON, Cathy 5/17/1958 11/17/1976    
GARRISON, Richard W. 1/15/1934 10/9/2002    
GARZA, Delfino        
GEMIGNANI, Agostino 3/25/1863 12/14/1929 born=died Il  
GEMIGNANI, Caterina 4/16/1865 11/24/1938 b. Ill; d. Ill  
GIKIU, Joseph E. 11/20/1917 2/11/1992 Joe  
GILLESPIE, Keith H.
GILLESPIE, Thelma G.		 5/31/1915
7/27/1918		 8/11/1963
7/6/1990		 Married 9/15/1937  
GLEAVE, Elizabeth A. Burr 1887 1981 Mother & Grandmother  
GOBLE, Albert William 10/19/1946 5/3/1922    
GOBLE, Albert William
GOBLE, Elva Caroline		 10/7/1887
12/24/1889		 5/3/1968
10/16/1985		 Father
Mother		  
GOBLE, Frank F. 1/19/1895 1/3/1983 Military  
GOBLE, George C. 1/27/1893 3/5/1967    
GOBLE, Henrietta M. 8/10/1859 11/6/1955 Mother  
GOBLE, Walter L. 7/20/1883 7/24/1939    
GODWIN, Bonnie 1894 1946    
GREEAR, Clifford B. 11/20/1916 9/26/1975 Military  
GRIFFITH, Donald M.
GRIFFITH, Frances W.		 8/3/1913
2/20/1914		 10/20/1988
4/6/1998		    
H
HARNEY Family Plot
Closeup
HARNEY, Catherine
HARNEY, Ella
HARNEY, James
HARNEY, John

11/20/1840
12/25/1866

9/3/1908
1/25/1881

Mother
Daughter

Son		  
HENDERSON, Budd 3/23/1879 3/4/1888 Son of James & Eleanor  
HENDRICKS, Ernest L. 1929 1949 Our Son  
HENDRICKS, Robert L. 10/25/1910 1/10/1963 Military  
HIGLEY, Blaine O. 8/23/1919 9/12/1967 Military  
HIGLEY, Jesse W.
HIGLEY, Phoebe L.		 9/14/1895
11/19/1899		 9/25/1981
1/17/1994		    
HIGLEY, Joan 6/11/1940 6/11/1940 Parents Roy and Della  
HILDESTAD, Lloyd 11/27/1923 3/3/1992 Married 4/1/1961  
HILDRETH, Laretta Ruth Annie 6/15/1950 7/28/2007 Age 57 Wells #2
HILDRETH, Leslie M. 3/12/1971 11/21/1971    
HOGAN, Hazel 8/13/1902 11/15/1953 Sister  
HOLLAND, Claire        
HOLLIBAUGH, Frieda B. 8/22/1909 7/16/1993    
HOLLIS, James D. 1911 1990 Shorty  
HOLM, Bert
HOLM, Henry
HOLM, Peter
HOLM, Sarah		        
HOVER, Mary Jane 5/17/1855 5/3/1943 Mother  
HOVER, Robert M. 1850 1946 Father  
HUGGINS, Macon L. 10/21/1915 10/12/1998    
HUSSEY, Unknown        
HYDE, Bertha M. 5/27/1938 4/24/2009   Wells #2
HYDE, Clyde A. 2/21/1926 3/16/1978 Military  
HYDE, Jenny Lavern 8/27/1928 10/1/1991    
HYDE, Lawrence Martin
HYDE, Margaret Goble		 1/6/1906
9/29/1911		 4/6/1961
8/20/1996		 Father
Mother		  
HYDE, Terry L. 8/30/1951 10/23/1984 Military  
I
ISOLA, Bianca Giusti
ISOLA, Giulio		 1904
1896		 1999
1952		    
ISOLA, Paolina 1894 1923    
J
JACOBY, Fred R., Jr. 12/20/1914 7/29/1916 Baby  
JEANNEY, Frank
JEANNEY, May Moore		 6/21/1853
5/18/1866		 3/25/1921
8/14/1963		    
JEANNEY, Pauline 10/29/1897 8/6/1902 Daughter of Joseph J. & Josephine Jeanne  
JEWKES, Floyd Eugene 4/6/1920 1/31/2003    
JOHNSON, Dewey W.   6/27/1930 Military  
JOHNSON, E. William 1880 1918    
JONES, Beatrice Bollschweiler
JONES, Waldo LeRoy		 9/29/1910
8/24/1905		 7/28/2005
11/13/1973		    
JONES, Julia C. 3/31/1946 8/17/1966 "Julie"  
JONES, William Kent 11/6/1926 2/22/1951 Son of Donald Q. & Gwen C. Jones  

* Information from SSDI


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