Jeanette M Wells

May 21, 1922 - October 17, 2018

Jeanette M. Wells, age 96, of Seaford, DE; loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on October 17, 2018 at the Delaware Hospice Center, Milford, DE. Born in 1922 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Herman and Ella Basedow, she joined the military after completing high school and was in the first group of women Marine’s graduating in 1941. It was in the service that she met her future husband, a fellow Marine, Warren Wells. Their union last 59 and half years until his passing in 2003. She is survived by their children, Jean Wells, Seaford, DE; Russell Wells and his wife Leeann, Georgetown, DE, and Ronald Wells, of Delmar, MD. She is also survived by her two grandsons, Christopher Wells, Seaford, DE and Blake Wells, Georgetown, DE and her sister Joan Gunter, Myrtle Beach, SC. An accomplish seamstress, she created beautiful works for her family and friends. Her other passion in life was antique collecting which she and her husband turned in to a business with the opening of Wells Antiques in 1972. She had a amazing knowledge of all things regarding antique lighting and glassware and enjoyed running the shop until having to close in 1993 due to her husband’s health issues. A private graveside service was held on Friday, October 26, 2018 with the Pastor Howard Travers officiating.