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Ora S. Ellis

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Ora S. Ellis

Birth
Marshall County, Indiana, USA
Death
4 Dec 1965 (aged 90)
Indiana, USA
Burial
Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.4545666, Longitude: -86.1408643
Plot
Section: Yockey; Lot or Row: 107; Grave or Crypt: 1
Memorial ID
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Husband of Jennie E. (Lehr) Ellis

Funeral Home: Glant Funera Home, Bremen, IN 46506
Burial Date: 06 Dec 1965

1. Bremen Public Library, Bremen, Indiana. http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm, Bremen Cemetery Record, http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/cemdetail.asp?id=1001.

2. OBITUARY: "The Bremen Enquirer," 09 Dec 1965, Page 8. http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_OBITdetail.asp?item=107770. Downloaded 24 Feb 2007. ORA S. ELLIS. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Glant Funeral Chapel for Ora S. Ellis, who died Saturday in the Myers Nursing Home at the age of 90 years. Officiating in the services was Rev. Elwood Walker, pastor of Grace Evangelical United Brethren church, of which Mr. Ellis had been an active member all his adult life. Burial was in the Bremen cemetery.
Born January 29, 1875, Mr. Ellis had been a resident of this community his entire life time and was a farmer in the Muncie neighborhood south of Bremen. He was married Mar 8, 1900, to Jennie E. Lehr, who survives him. Also surviving are five sons, Edgar of Burbank, California; Charles and Clyde, both of Bremen; Chester of Russiaville, Ind.; and Virgil of Allentown, Wisconsin; one daughter, Mrs. Daniel Gettinger of Greely, Colorado; 16 grandchildren; and 37 great grandchildren.
As a young man, Mr. Ellis was active in church affairs and soon became interested in local and county Sunday school association work. During the period of the first World War, he was elected president of the Marshall County Sunday School Association and served in that and other positions of leadership in organized Sunday school work for many years.
Husband of Jennie E. (Lehr) Ellis

Funeral Home: Glant Funera Home, Bremen, IN 46506
Burial Date: 06 Dec 1965

1. Bremen Public Library, Bremen, Indiana. http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm, Bremen Cemetery Record, http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/cemdetail.asp?id=1001.

2. OBITUARY: "The Bremen Enquirer," 09 Dec 1965, Page 8. http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_OBITdetail.asp?item=107770. Downloaded 24 Feb 2007. ORA S. ELLIS. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Glant Funeral Chapel for Ora S. Ellis, who died Saturday in the Myers Nursing Home at the age of 90 years. Officiating in the services was Rev. Elwood Walker, pastor of Grace Evangelical United Brethren church, of which Mr. Ellis had been an active member all his adult life. Burial was in the Bremen cemetery.
Born January 29, 1875, Mr. Ellis had been a resident of this community his entire life time and was a farmer in the Muncie neighborhood south of Bremen. He was married Mar 8, 1900, to Jennie E. Lehr, who survives him. Also surviving are five sons, Edgar of Burbank, California; Charles and Clyde, both of Bremen; Chester of Russiaville, Ind.; and Virgil of Allentown, Wisconsin; one daughter, Mrs. Daniel Gettinger of Greely, Colorado; 16 grandchildren; and 37 great grandchildren.
As a young man, Mr. Ellis was active in church affairs and soon became interested in local and county Sunday school association work. During the period of the first World War, he was elected president of the Marshall County Sunday School Association and served in that and other positions of leadership in organized Sunday school work for many years.


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  • Created by: Jack Williams
  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20482286/ora_s-ellis: accessed ), memorial page for Ora S. Ellis (29 Jan 1875–4 Dec 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20482286, citing Bremen Municipal Cemetery, Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Jack Williams (contributor 46856865).