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Roderick Alexander “Rod” Wells

Birth	:	11 Feb 1931 Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death	:	26 May 2019 Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
Burial	:	Danville Green Cemetery, Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.4056800, -72.1324500
Description	:	Roderick Alexander Wells was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on Feb. 11, 1931, the son of Harold Colby Wells of Lyndonville and West Danville, and Edith (Aldrich) Alexander Wells of Glover, and died on May 26, 2019. He attended Montclair Grade and High Schools in New Jersey, and the Art Students League in New York City, having won first place there in a national art competition. After four years in the United States Navy, he studied at Columbia University earning a BFA and MA, furthering his art education at the Pratt Graphics Center. He taught art for four... Read More	Roderick Alexander Wells was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on Feb. 11, 1931, the son of Harold Colby Wells of Lyndonville and West Danville, and Edith (Aldrich) Alexander Wells of Glover, and died on May 26, 2019. He attended Montclair Grade and High Schools in New Jersey, and the Art Students League in New York City, having won first place there in a national art competition. After four years in the United States Navy, he studied at Columbia University earning a BFA and MA, furthering his art education at the Pratt Graphics Center. He taught art for four years in New Jersey and for 22 years was Art Teacher/Chairperson in the Locust Valley High School on Long Island. During most of those years on Long Island, Rod also worked as an artist/illustrator in New York City creating illustrations for several agencies. His illustrations appeared in books and nine magazines, including House Beautiful, Gourmet Magazine and The New Yorker. His drawings and paintings appeared in many group and solo shows and won several first-place awards. One of his exhibits was selected for funding by the New York State Council of the Arts. In 1988, Catamount Arts of St. Johnsbury sponsored a Retrospective Show of eighty of his works from age ten to the present. His paintings were exhibited in several museums, are in many galleries as well as on permanent exhibit at the Vermont Land Trust, and were featured in the New York Times. Most of them are now in private collections. One of his greatest joys was co-exhibiting at Catamount Arts with his son: Rod’s paintings and Christopher’s photographs. Although born in New Jersey, Rod always considered himself a Vermonter. As a matter of fact, his was the seventh generation of the Wells family to have lived in Danville, Vt., a town that his fifth great-grandfather, Paul Wells, helped to found. As he summered in the Northeast Kingdom from early childhood, the Vermont landscape became the favorite subject of his paintings, even as a preteen. This love affair with the Vermont landscape had but deepened over the years. Retiring from teaching in 1986, he and his wife, Terry, moved to Danville, and opened The Roderick Wells Art Gallery there, the fulfillment of his life-long dream. Although the gallery was closed when they moved to St. Johnsbury in 1995, Rod continued to paint and have exhibits. Rod also enjoyed reading, gardening, building projects, walking and traveling. He was a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Church, member of the Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Catamount Acts, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Knights of Pythias, Damon Lodge #16 in Danville. Above all, he was a kindly and dependable gentleman, a devoted husband, son, father, brother and patriot. Surviving Rod is his daughter and his son; stepson. He was predeceased by his wife Terry, his parents and Terry’s parents, his brother Capt. Gary Wells (USN Ret.), his sister Francena Van Voorhis and husband Lee of Marlborough, MA, sister-in-law Brenda Wells, stepson Mark Porrello, brother-in-law Thomas McFadden, several cousins, nieces, nephews and many friends. Burial at the Danville Green Cemetery. Caledonian Record, June 1, 2019

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Roderick Alexander “Rod” Wells death on 26 May 2019 in Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
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Latitude: 44.4056800
Longitude: -72.1324500

Family Members:

Parent

Harold Colby Wells

(1901 - 1981)

Edith Alexander Wells

(1907 - 1995)

Spouse

Siblings

Gareth "Gary" Alexander Wells

(1937 - 2006)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Danville Green Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4056800, -72.1324500

2. Danville Center Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4236600, -72.1185200

3. Morse Farm Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3974050, -72.0729040

4. Woodward Family Cemetery
Peacham, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3824630, -72.1839630

5. Pettengill Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3881400, -72.0759300

6. Bachelder Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4434320, -72.0931430

7. Pumpkin Hill Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4266000, -72.0657700

8. Swett Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4123800, -72.0585200

9. Palmer Cemetery
Barnet, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3847300, -72.0542000

10. Massey Cemetery
North Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4591600, -72.0895200

11. Moore Gravestone
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4022000, -72.2200800

12. Clark Family Memorial Stone
Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4146800, -72.0440900

13. Pope Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4712600, -72.1246100

14. Stebbins Cemetery
Walden, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4496050, -72.2054310

15. Somers Memorial Bench
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4697700, -72.0929700

16. Cimetiere Corriveau
Barnet, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3444300, -72.0696500

17. Peacham East Cemetery
Peacham, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3314500, -72.1666800

18. Passumpsic Cemetery
Waterford, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3830600, -72.0272000

19. Noyesville Cemetery
Walden, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4522710, -72.2210100

20. Old Burial Ground (Defunct)
Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4183980, -72.0205230

21. Drew-Kelsey Cemetery
North Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4820300, -72.0929400

22. Stanton Cemetery
North Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4871011, -72.1196965

23. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4293442, -72.0196457

24. Bennett Cemetery
Danville, Caledonia County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4886910, -72.1053210