Gladys Margaret Wells Torkelson

Birth: 22 Mar 1918
Baytown, Harris County, Texas, USA
Death: 24 Sep 1988 (aged 70)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery

San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot: Lot 46 Grave1 Sec 3 Div 12
Memorial ID: 72954230 View Source

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Beloved Mother of Frances Mary Torkelson Burr, Soffus Torvald Torkelson, Sue Sirman Morris Davis and Katherine Sirman Torkelson

Grandson Terry Torkelson also near Mother and Daddy buried at Mount Hope Cemetery:

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Parents

William Joshua "Pop" Wells Sr

1897–1964
Gladys Voila Bridges Wells

1895–1964

Spouses

Vernon Elmer "Jack" Sirman

1916–1997 (m. 1936)
Soffus Files Torkelson

1911–1976 (m. 1941)

Siblings

Helen May "Jere" Wells Gittinger

1919–1996
William Joshua "Josh" Wells Jr

1921–1993
Dennis Eugene "Gene" Wells

1927–2011
Frances Wells Ciruti

1929–2008
Joseph Emanuel "Joe" Wells Sr

1933–2012

Children

Sue Sirman Morris-Davis

1937–2016
Soffus Thorvald Torkelson

1943–2010
Dawg dog

1992–2009

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Created by: Katherine Torkelson
Added: Jul 6, 2011
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Mother and Soffus at the Saw Mill where Poppa worked as a foreman in Elkhart, Texas
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From the right: Sue, Kay, Torky, Fran about 1945

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You and Me Mom, Miss you terribly! Kathy

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Soffus in the Marines, Jerry in the background in Goose Creek, Texas.

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on the Left: Mother in high school on her bike with a friend.

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Mother and first husband, father of Sue Sirman Morris Davis and Kay Sirman Torkelson, Vernon Elmer "Jack" Sirman. 1935/6

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Mother with Grandmother Torkelson Elkhart 1941

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1941 Mother at Grandmother Torkelson's back yard with a few fish!

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Soffus with Grandmother my photo caption says 1941 so it likely was taken on the way to Soffus and Gladys honeymoon in Wisconsin.

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1941 on Mother and Soffus Honeymoon in Wisconsin, Sue on the left, Kay on the right

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Torky in back, Kay blowing bubbles, Sue on the left back. Bostic boy, Bostic baby, Sandra Bostic in bonnet, and Frannie on the left front. About 1946

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Christmas on New Jersy in Mom's house. Aunt Frances, Aunt Jere, Mother, Willa and Joyce.

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Mother with Dr. Blum

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Mother and Daddy's grave Marker in Mount Hope Cemetery.

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Family Members

William Joshua "Pop" Wells Sr

Gladys Voila Bridges Wells

Vernon Elmer "Jack" Sirman

Soffus Files Torkelson

Helen May "Jere" Wells Gittinger

William Joshua "Josh" Wells Jr

Dennis Eugene "Gene" Wells

Frances Wells Ciruti

Joseph Emanuel "Joe" Wells Sr

Sue Sirman Morris-Davis

Soffus Thorvald Torkelson

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