Leonard Howard Wells was born August 10, 1920 in Indianola, Oklahoma one of five children born to Eva Tennessee (Brown) and Joseph Kennedy Wells. He came to California in the Dust Bowl Days and lived in Lamont as a street boy. He did any work he could to have enough money to eat and survive. Much of that work was day labor, sweeping stores or doing any kind of field work available during the harvest season. He was inducted into the US Navy on December 19, 1944 and honorably discharged May 15, 1946. Leonard moved back to Lamont where he worked in the fields until 1962 when he moved to San Luis Obispo to work for the county doing building maintenance. Leonard retired in 1982 and returned to Kern County living first in Tehachapi before making Bakersfield his home for the last 15 years. Leonard married Dorothy May Gladwell June 18, 1940 and they celebrated 63 years of marriage before she preceded him in death on April 4, 2003. Leonard was also preceded in death by his parents and siblings; his death marks the passing of his generation. Survivors include his son, Kenneth Wells of Bakersfield; daughters, Linda Schroder of Minnesota and Mary Johnson of Oregon; 5 grandchildren and many loving great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Thursday, July 12 at 10:30am at the Celebration Church of the Northwest, 10011 Rosedale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93314, for Leonard H. Wells, age 91, of Bakersfield who passed away at his home July 7, 2012. A viewing will be held before the service starting at 9:30am. Pastor Mark Roberts will officiate and interment will be held at a later date at the Santa Nella National Cemetery. Viewing will be held Wednesday, July 11 from 2pm until 8pm at Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.