Charlene Wells

Funeral Service at the Walters Comanche Nation Community Center, Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., Pastor Albert DeLeon officiating with burial in the Walters Cemetery under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home. A prayer service will be held at the Hart-Wyatt Chapel in Walters on Monday, August 17, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. officiated by Rev. Michelle Harjo and Tory Fodder.

Charlene Arlene (Poemoceah) Wells was born to Silcott and Mable (Wahahrockah) Poemoceah on August 25, 1939, in Walters, OK.

Arlene grew up Southeast of Walters, Oklahoma. She attended Walters Public School. She married Fred H. Codynah Jr. and to this union three children were born.

She worked at the Haggar Factory in Temple, Oklahoma for 20 plus years. She served on the Walter's Powwow Committee numerous times and was the 1956 Walters Powwow Princess. She was also a lifelong supporter and proud member of the Walter’s powwow, now named Comanche Homecoming. In 1983, she met Henry Wells and together they made their home in Lawton, Oklahoma.

She was a member of Voices of Truth Ministries. She enjoyed spending time with family and grandchildren. She loved her great grandchildren, who she adored very much. Arlene loved to listen to oldies and sang Comanche Hymns and attended Powwows.

Arlene was preceded in death by her husband Henry Wells; parents, Silcott and Mable (Wahahrockah) Poemoceah; one brother, Kelly Waddell Poemoceah; two sisters, Jenell and Jenice Poemoceah; and two great-granddaughters, Kaylesia Jenice Codynah and Ivy-Leigh White.

Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Michelle and Amos Harjo of Cyril, Oklahoma, one son and daughter-in-law, Fred Codynah and Liz Ware, 2 daughters Pamela Kay Codynah and Tanya Rose Codynah all of Lawton, Oklahoma. Grandchildren: Kyle, Kanya, Kelsey, Sonny Rose, Kelly, Bella, Tristian, Solomon, Jennifer and Josh, 9 great-grandchildren; a special nephew/son Fred William Fodder, and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Special thanks to her granddaughter Kanya for taking such good care of her for the past ten years and for Blake, Elizabeth, Melissa, and Jamie with Centric Hospice for the care they have shown her over the past few years.