C. Vernon Bell

Funeral services for C. Vernon Bell, 74, San Jose, Costa Rica, were Oct. 28 in San Jose.
Mr. Bell died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in San Jose.
He was born Feb. 11, 1935, in Lawrence, the son of Clyde V. and Julia Berg Bell. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1953. He also was a graduate of Kansas University.
Mr. Bell worked in international banking and was an entrepreneur.
He married Carolyn Carter in Lawrence. They had three sons. He married Marcela Garcia on Feb. 8, 1978, in San Jose. She survives, of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Brad, Lake Grove, N.Y., and Alan, Worton, Md.; and a granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by a son, David, on Feb. 22, 1997.