RUSHVILLE - Final rites for Mrs. Bertha Watkins Wells, 89, widow of Weston W. Wells formerly of East Potter, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Hobart Funeral Chapel, Inc., Rushville. The Rev. Harvey Griffith, pastor of Gorham Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Voak Cemetery, East Potter. Friends may call at the chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Mrs. Wells died Sunday in Wantagh, LI., where she has made her home with her daughter since shortly after the death of her husband in 1937. Born in England, the daughter of James Watkins, she came to this country at about 11 years of age. In 1900 she married Mr. Wells and their married life was lived to the Voak area. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Gover of Wantage, L.I., and a son, Clayton, Santa Monica, Calif. four grandchildren, Douglas Gover of Phelps, and David, Donald, and Caroline of Wantagh. The Geneva Times May 22, 1962
Found her on the 1930 Potter, Yates, New York census (dist 16 img 8) as
Bertha Wells age 57. Father, mother born England.