Dan Johnson Wells was born in Yarnaby, Oklahoma, on March 26, 1928, to Glover and Josie Ella (Johnson) Wells.
He was married to Rheva Jo Nichols in Bonham, Texas, on April 10, 1948. They celebrated 73 years together.
After spending eight years employed at the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company in Grand Prairie, Texas, he and Rheva returned to Kemp, Oklahoma. Dan spent the next 33 years working for the Pillsbury Company in Denison, Texas.
While with the Pillsbury Company he designed and built several pieces of equipment which included a bag lifter and a lid separator. He built two more lid separators and took one to the New Albany, Indiana, plant and one to the East Greenville, Pennsylvania, plant. Dan was honored in 1987 as the Pillsbury Employee of the Year and was honored with a cruise on Lake Texoma and a dinner at Tanglewood. He then built a lid placer which is at the Pillsbury Headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dan served several years as an elder of the Dayspring Church in Durant until health issues became a problem. He lived an exemplary Christian life showing Jesus to others in all he said and did. His family loved and honored him for many reasons, among them, his faith, patience, honesty and generosity.
He was married to Rheva Jo Nichols in Bonham, Texas, on April 10, 1948. They celebrated 73 years together.
After spending eight years employed at the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company in Grand Prairie, Texas, he and Rheva returned to Kemp, Oklahoma. Dan spent the next 33 years working for the Pillsbury Company in Denison, Texas.
While with the Pillsbury Company he designed and built several pieces of equipment which included a bag lifter and a lid separator. He built two more lid separators and took one to the New Albany, Indiana, plant and one to the East Greenville, Pennsylvania, plant. Dan was honored in 1987 as the Pillsbury Employee of the Year and was honored with a cruise on Lake Texoma and a dinner at Tanglewood. He then built a lid placer which is at the Pillsbury Headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dan served several years as an elder of the Dayspring Church in Durant until health issues became a problem. He lived an exemplary Christian life showing Jesus to others in all he said and did. His family loved and honored him for many reasons, among them, his faith, patience, honesty and generosity.
Dan Johnson Wells was born in Yarnaby, Oklahoma, on March 26, 1928, to Glover and Josie Ella (Johnson) Wells.
He was married to Rheva Jo Nichols in Bonham, Texas, on April 10, 1948. They celebrated 73 years together.
After spending eight years employed at the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company in Grand Prairie, Texas, he and Rheva returned to Kemp, Oklahoma. Dan spent the next 33 years working for the Pillsbury Company in Denison, Texas.
While with the Pillsbury Company he designed and built several pieces of equipment which included a bag lifter and a lid separator. He built two more lid separators and took one to the New Albany, Indiana, plant and one to the East Greenville, Pennsylvania, plant. Dan was honored in 1987 as the Pillsbury Employee of the Year and was honored with a cruise on Lake Texoma and a dinner at Tanglewood. He then built a lid placer which is at the Pillsbury Headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dan served several years as an elder of the Dayspring Church in Durant until health issues became a problem. He lived an exemplary Christian life showing Jesus to others in all he said and did. His family loved and honored him for many reasons, among them, his faith, patience, honesty and generosity.
He was married to Rheva Jo Nichols in Bonham, Texas, on April 10, 1948. They celebrated 73 years together.
After spending eight years employed at the Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company in Grand Prairie, Texas, he and Rheva returned to Kemp, Oklahoma. Dan spent the next 33 years working for the Pillsbury Company in Denison, Texas.
While with the Pillsbury Company he designed and built several pieces of equipment which included a bag lifter and a lid separator. He built two more lid separators and took one to the New Albany, Indiana, plant and one to the East Greenville, Pennsylvania, plant. Dan was honored in 1987 as the Pillsbury Employee of the Year and was honored with a cruise on Lake Texoma and a dinner at Tanglewood. He then built a lid placer which is at the Pillsbury Headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dan served several years as an elder of the Dayspring Church in Durant until health issues became a problem. He lived an exemplary Christian life showing Jesus to others in all he said and did. His family loved and honored him for many reasons, among them, his faith, patience, honesty and generosity.
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