Wells, Mamie Frances

1904 - 1992  (88 years)

• Name	Wells, Mamie Frances
  Birth	17 Apr 1904	East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	WELL.M003
  _FGRAVE	51210641
  Death	20 Apr 1992	Oxford, Furnas County, Nebraska   [1]
  Burial	Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska   [1]
  Person ID	I25422	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Wells, William Thomas,   b. 9 Sep 1875, Wayne County, Illinois d. 10 Oct 1937, Oxford, Furnas County, Nebraska (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Campbell, Laura Bell,   b. 6 Sep 1881, Wayne County, Illinois d. 5 Mar 1972, Oxford, Furnas County, Nebraska (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1902	Wayne County, Illinois
  Family ID	F11031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hess, William Timothy 'Tim',   b. Aug 1903, Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska d. 5 Jan 1981, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina (Age 77 years)
  Children	> 1. Hess, William Thomas,   b. 21 Sep 1922, Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska d. 29 Mar 2002, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (Age 79 years)   2. Hess, Bonnie Jean,   b. 1925   d. 1992 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F11032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Trobough, George Dewey,   b. 8 Apr 1898, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska d. 6 Mar 1966, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	31 Aug 1942	Clay Center, Clay County, Nebraska   [2]
  Family ID	F11033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Apr 1904 - East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois Death - 20 Apr 1992 - Oxford, Furnas County, Nebraska Burial - - Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  MAMIE FRANCES TROBOUGH Mamie Frances Trobough, the first of six daughters born to William Thomas and Laura Bell (Campbell) Wells, was born in East St. Louis, Illinois on April 17, 1904, and passed away in Oxford, Nebraska on April 20, 1992, at the age of 88 years and 3 days. As an infant she moved with her parents to Clay City, Illinois where they lived for five years. In 1909, she moved with her parents and sister, Lucille, to Furnas County, Nebraska where she grew up and attended rural schools in the Spring Green area southwest of Beaver City. She was married to W. T. Hess and two children were born to this union, William Thomas and Bonnie Jean. They lived near Beaver City and at Ashland. Later, Mamie and her children lived in Beaver City and Oxford, where she worked for a number of years. In 1943, she was married to George Dewey Trobough and they lived in Oxford until 1957 at which time they moved to Bishop, Texas. In Bishop, they owned and operated a Dairy Queen. Dewey passed away March 6, 1966. Mamie returned to Oxford in 1969 where she spent the remainder of her life. Mamie loved to sew and crochet and do for her family and friends. Family and friends were very important to her. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Royal Neighbors of America. She is survived by one daughter, Bonnie Pierson and her husband, Bob, of Kyle, TX; one son, William Hess and his wife, Virginia, of San Jose, CA; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; three sisters: Lucille Quinn of Beaver City, NE, Florence Nichols of Napa, CA and Dorothy LaCroix and her husband, James, of Willis, TX; nieces, nephews and many friends. Additional survivor was Leora (Gibson) Weatherwax and her sons. She was a close friend and foster daughter for several years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Trobough in 1966; her parents: Tom Wells in 1937 and Laura Wells in 1972; and two sisters: Ada Wells in 1917 and Doris Wells in 1923. Funeral services were conducted from the Mitchell-Nelson Funeral Home in Oxford with Rev. Dallas Johnson officiating. Music was provided by Sharon Fletcher and Phyllis McInturf. Interment was in the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7131] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Trobough, Mamie F., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51210641), none. (Reliability: 2). [S7140] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Trobough, Dewey, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51212657), none. (Reliability: 2).