July 02, 2010|By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun
Mr. Wells was born in Baltimore and raised in the 2700 block of W. Fairmount Ave. He was a 1942 graduate of Polytechnic Institute, then studied art under Jacques Maroger, a proponent of the old masters' classical-realist style, at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
His son added that he "was a talented artist, illustrator and cartoonist."
Mr. Wells had lived for many years in Coldwater Canyon near Los Angeles, where his neighbors were actor Jackie Cooper, Charlton Heston and Maureen and John W. Dean III of Watergate infamy.
He had lived there with his wife of 38 years, the former Shirley Jason, a Beverly Hills real estate broker, who survives.
A memorial service will be held at noon July 10 at Havenwood Presbyterian Church, 100 Ridgely Road, Timonium.
Also surviving are a stepson, Casey Carmel of Miami; a stepdaughter, Jamie Johnston of Los Angeles; a brother, William Wells of Baltimore; a sister, June Wentworth of Marriottsville; and four grandchildren. Earlier marriages to Phyllis Spahr and Louise Rohner ended in divorce.
fred.rasmussen@baltsun.com
