Anita Diane Wells

Dear Mom,
I am sitting here trying to figure out how to write a poem to honor you.  It seems that would be the classic thing to do.  You were the poet and I cannot compete.  I want to tell everyone that you were pretty neat.  You loved to go tubing during the summer, even though bumping your ass on rocks was quite a bummer.  Whether teaching at church or bouncing a bar, everyone knew you were always the star.  You loved your kids when we drove you nuts, even wrote a poem about busting our butts.  Those grandbabies though were your reward, for toughing it out and sparing the board.  You will be missed and that is true, we will never forget and always love you!
We love you mom!!

Anita Diane Wells, 58, of Prineville, Oregon passed away on January 2, 2017.  Services are to be announced and arrangements have been entrusted to Whispering Pines Funeral Home.

On April 7, 1958, Anita Parker was welcomed into the world by her loving parents, Florence Pauline Johnston and Murel Parker.  She attended high school at Clackamas High School. In 2005 on August 29, Anita married George Erwin Wells in Laurelwood, Oregon.

Anita loved to write poetry.  She had a way to make words sound beautiful and even had a poem or two published under her maiden name.  She loved going tubing down the river and sitting by the creek.  Most of all she loved her children, and she was a wonderful mother.

She leaves behind her mother Pauline Johnston of Clackamas, Oregon; her husband George Wells of Prineville, Oregon; her two brothers Glen Parker and Jack Johnston both from Clackamas, Oregon and her three daughters; Lisa Michelle Lyche of Hillsboro, Oregon, Stacy Marie Giesbrecht of Milwaukie, Oregon, and Amber Murelle Wells of Prineville, Oregon.  She also leaves behind six grandsons, two granddaughters, one granddaughter on the way, and one great-grandson.

Anita is preceded in death by her father Murel Parker, her son Kevin Hoggatt Jr. and her step-father Sherman (Pete) Johnston.

Memorial contributions may be made to Whispering Pines Funeral Home to help the family with expenses.  You may mail contributions to 3168 NE Third St., Prineville, OR  97754, contribute through the website at www.whisperingpinesfh.com, or by calling 541-416-9733 and asking to make a donation to Anita Wells.