Ira Wellins

Dear Mrs. Wellins,
I was saddened to hear that Mr. Wellins has passed away. My deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Pam Sharpe (your newspaper carrier)

From Ira's daughter -
To all who appreciated Ira in his life:

A permanent website in my Dad's memory may be viewed at www.irawellins.blogspot.com. There are links there to online photo albums, eulogies from his family, and other information. Thanks for your expressions of sympathy.

Dear Frankie,Please know our thoughts are with at this time.What an inspiration ! With heartfelt sympathy.Bonnie & Marc jaffe

Mrs. Wellins, I was so very sorry to hear of Ira's passing. I, too, am a docent at the zoo and Ira has been a friend and mentor to me for 13 years. I first became a docent in 1995 and Ira was an instructor in my docent classes. I had to leave the zoo due to health concerns and went back to docent class in 2000. Ira remembered me and welcomed me with open arms. He made me feel as though I were family returning to the fold. I will miss his wit and all his "Ira-isms". He was a great man...

Dear Frankie & family,
Although separated by distance and years, I will always be connected to my wonderful cousin Ira with my very early memories of him and our shared Wellins history of the same grandfather and ancestors. I was grateful to renew our cousin relationship in 1995 and spend some time with him and you.
He will always be fondly remembered

Our thoughts are with you.
cousin Fran Wellins Foley

I am so sorry to here of Ira's passing and recall when I was doing family history work in the New Britain Library. There was a full article written by Ira during WWII near his airplane. He sent pictures exclusively to the New Britain Herald showing the liberation of a concentration camp and the Jewish prisioners who survived and remains of those who did not. It was very moving. He had a good Neshama (soul) and I thought many times of his place in history. Frank Welinsky was his...

Dear Frankie and Family,
I was sad to hear this news. My deepest sympathies are with you at this time. Know that you are loved.

Dear Frankie, Our sympathy to you and yours. Ira was not only a wonderful friend to us, he was a neighbor who we could not have hand picked and done better. How fortunate we were to have known him. A true gentleman who I am sure will be missed by all who knew him. The London's

Dear Frankie and Family,
Ira was someone very special. He was dear to us. We miss him.
As Always
Sam & Jean Rouslin