Eddie Wells

June 11, 1938 - August 22, 2009

TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Memorial services for EDDIE E. WELLS, 71, will be held at 10am on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Ora Dailey officiating. Eddie died August 22, 2009 at Community Hospital in Torrington. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Eddie was born June 11, 1938 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma the son of Odus and Ruth (Bird) Wells. He grew up and received his education on Oklahoma. He served in the U.S. Navy on Okinawa. After the military he worked as a pipeline welder. Later worked as an aircraft mechanic in Las Vegas Nevada and then for McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis, Missouri and for Boeing in Seattle, Washington. He move to Torrington, Wyoming in 1975 where he worked for Mitchell Electric, Holly Sugar, and Panhandle COOP. He worked as the Superintendent of Water and Sewer for the City of Torrington for over twenty years. He then owned and operated his own business E & S Plumbing. Eddie enjoyed gardening especially growing flowers around his house. Eddie is survived by two sons, Matt (Tammy) Wells of Torrington, Wyoming, and Paul (Stacie) Wells of Lakewood, Colorado; two daughters, Mary (Tim) McCain of Lakewood, and Becky of Golden, Colorado; his mother Ruth Wells of Okmulgee, Oklahoma; brothers Bob Wells of Okmulgee and Jimmy Wells of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and three grandchildren, Brionna Wells of Boulder, Colorado, Stacia Wells of Torrington, and Jacob Sanchez of Lakewood. He was preceded in death by his father Odus; a brother, Vernon; and a sister Patsy.