Obituary written by family.
OUR MUCH-LOVED MOM, MARY LOU ELLIS, 95, OF MAHOMET, FORMERLY OF CHAMPAIGN, PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY BY HER FAMILY JUNE 21, 2023 AT CARLE HOSPITAL IN URBANA.
MARY LOU WAS BORN IN CHAMPAIGN AUGUST 25, 1927, TO EVERETT AND MARTHA CHAPMAN WARMOTH. SHE MET HER FRIEND AND SOULMATE BEN ELLIS IN THIRD GRADE AND THEY WERE VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE SINCE, MARRIED IN CHAMPAIGN JUNE 9, 1954. SHE HAS BEEN GRIEVING HIS LOSS SINCE OCTOBER OF 2007.
MARY LOU AND BEN HAD 3 CHILDREN AND WERE ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR LIVES: DEBBIE ELLIS OF BERWYN; JIM (TERI) ELLIS OF CHAMPAIGN, AND PAM (JOE )WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET. ALSO SURVIVING ARE HER BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN-JAMIE (KELLY) ELLIS AND JALENE ELLIS OF CHICAGO, ANNA WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET AND BEN WILLIAMS (SUSAN FOX) OF URBANA. MORE RECENTLY, HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MARY AND JAMES ELLIS, BROUGHT HER GREAT JOY.
AFTER GRADUATION FROM UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1946, MARY LOU WENT TO WORK AT MONTGOMERY WARD DEPARTMENT STORE AND BECAME THE MANAGER OF THE CREDIT DEPARTMENT THERE. ALWAYS WITH A KNACK FOR NUMBERS, SHE LATER WORKED FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AT THE CREDIT BUREAU OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR HER REAL FOCUS, HER FAMILY, CREATING A WARM AND INVITING HOME WHERE ALL WERE WELCOME AS SHE MADE EVERY BIRTHDAY, EVERY HOLIDAY SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, FEATURING HER SECOND TO NONE HOME COOKING AND BAKING.
AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WAS SHARING HER LIFETIME PASSION OF MINISTERING TO OTHERS THROUGH HER VOLUNTEER WORK IN HER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY WHERE SHE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER, A 50 YEAR PLUS PRE SCHOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, A DEACONESS AND CHURCH CIRCLE MEMBER, VISITOR TO SHUT INS AND DEDICATED DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM.
HER LOVE OF CHILDREN AND HER CONCERN FOR THE HUNGRY AND LONELY WAS A THREAD THAT RAN THROUGH HER LIFE. SHE SENT GREETING CARDS ALMOST DAILY TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES FOR EVERY OCCASION, OR SOMETIMES JUST TO SAY HELLO, THINKING OF YOU.
BASED ON THE CHARITIES MARY LOU SUPPORTED THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY FOOD PANTRY, SUGGESTED MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE TO EMPTY TOMB (https://emptytomb.org/), FEEDING OUR KIDS (https://feedingourkids.org/) , DAILY BREAD AND SOUP KITCHEN (https://dailybreadsoupkitchen.com/ ), OR SALT AND LIGHT (https://saltandlightministry.org/ ).
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ANGELS ON EARTH WHO HELPED WITH HER CARE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW, AS DID SHE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HAD HER IN OUR LIVES HERE AS LONG AS WE DID. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND WE WILL MISS HER MORE THAN WE CAN SAY. SHE LOVED BEING OUTSIDE IN THE SUN, SHARING COFFEE AND DONUTS WITH FRIENDS AND THE MORE THAN OCCASIONAL ICE CREAM TREAT. WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AS WE CELEBRATE HER LIFE MONDAY, JULY 3, 10:00 AM AT THE CHAPEL AND GRAVESIDE AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY IN URBANA. SHE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD WEAR SOMETHING COLORFUL-AS SHE ALWAYS DID-TO BRIGHTEN THE DAY.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023, AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY, URBANA. THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION. MORGAN MEMORIAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
OUR MUCH-LOVED MOM, MARY LOU ELLIS, 95, OF MAHOMET, FORMERLY OF CHAMPAIGN, PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY BY HER FAMILY JUNE 21, 2023 AT CARLE HOSPITAL IN URBANA.
MARY LOU WAS BORN IN CHAMPAIGN AUGUST 25, 1927, TO EVERETT AND MARTHA CHAPMAN WARMOTH. SHE MET HER FRIEND AND SOULMATE BEN ELLIS IN THIRD GRADE AND THEY WERE VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE SINCE, MARRIED IN CHAMPAIGN JUNE 9, 1954. SHE HAS BEEN GRIEVING HIS LOSS SINCE OCTOBER OF 2007.
MARY LOU AND BEN HAD 3 CHILDREN AND WERE ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR LIVES: DEBBIE ELLIS OF BERWYN; JIM (TERI) ELLIS OF CHAMPAIGN, AND PAM (JOE )WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET. ALSO SURVIVING ARE HER BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN-JAMIE (KELLY) ELLIS AND JALENE ELLIS OF CHICAGO, ANNA WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET AND BEN WILLIAMS (SUSAN FOX) OF URBANA. MORE RECENTLY, HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MARY AND JAMES ELLIS, BROUGHT HER GREAT JOY.
AFTER GRADUATION FROM UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1946, MARY LOU WENT TO WORK AT MONTGOMERY WARD DEPARTMENT STORE AND BECAME THE MANAGER OF THE CREDIT DEPARTMENT THERE. ALWAYS WITH A KNACK FOR NUMBERS, SHE LATER WORKED FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AT THE CREDIT BUREAU OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR HER REAL FOCUS, HER FAMILY, CREATING A WARM AND INVITING HOME WHERE ALL WERE WELCOME AS SHE MADE EVERY BIRTHDAY, EVERY HOLIDAY SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, FEATURING HER SECOND TO NONE HOME COOKING AND BAKING.
AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WAS SHARING HER LIFETIME PASSION OF MINISTERING TO OTHERS THROUGH HER VOLUNTEER WORK IN HER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY WHERE SHE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER, A 50 YEAR PLUS PRE SCHOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, A DEACONESS AND CHURCH CIRCLE MEMBER, VISITOR TO SHUT INS AND DEDICATED DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM.
HER LOVE OF CHILDREN AND HER CONCERN FOR THE HUNGRY AND LONELY WAS A THREAD THAT RAN THROUGH HER LIFE. SHE SENT GREETING CARDS ALMOST DAILY TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES FOR EVERY OCCASION, OR SOMETIMES JUST TO SAY HELLO, THINKING OF YOU.
BASED ON THE CHARITIES MARY LOU SUPPORTED THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY FOOD PANTRY, SUGGESTED MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE TO EMPTY TOMB (https://emptytomb.org/), FEEDING OUR KIDS (https://feedingourkids.org/) , DAILY BREAD AND SOUP KITCHEN (https://dailybreadsoupkitchen.com/ ), OR SALT AND LIGHT (https://saltandlightministry.org/ ).
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ANGELS ON EARTH WHO HELPED WITH HER CARE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW, AS DID SHE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HAD HER IN OUR LIVES HERE AS LONG AS WE DID. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND WE WILL MISS HER MORE THAN WE CAN SAY. SHE LOVED BEING OUTSIDE IN THE SUN, SHARING COFFEE AND DONUTS WITH FRIENDS AND THE MORE THAN OCCASIONAL ICE CREAM TREAT. WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AS WE CELEBRATE HER LIFE MONDAY, JULY 3, 10:00 AM AT THE CHAPEL AND GRAVESIDE AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY IN URBANA. SHE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD WEAR SOMETHING COLORFUL-AS SHE ALWAYS DID-TO BRIGHTEN THE DAY.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023, AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY, URBANA. THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION. MORGAN MEMORIAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Obituary written by family.
OUR MUCH-LOVED MOM, MARY LOU ELLIS, 95, OF MAHOMET, FORMERLY OF CHAMPAIGN, PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY BY HER FAMILY JUNE 21, 2023 AT CARLE HOSPITAL IN URBANA.
MARY LOU WAS BORN IN CHAMPAIGN AUGUST 25, 1927, TO EVERETT AND MARTHA CHAPMAN WARMOTH. SHE MET HER FRIEND AND SOULMATE BEN ELLIS IN THIRD GRADE AND THEY WERE VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE SINCE, MARRIED IN CHAMPAIGN JUNE 9, 1954. SHE HAS BEEN GRIEVING HIS LOSS SINCE OCTOBER OF 2007.
MARY LOU AND BEN HAD 3 CHILDREN AND WERE ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR LIVES: DEBBIE ELLIS OF BERWYN; JIM (TERI) ELLIS OF CHAMPAIGN, AND PAM (JOE )WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET. ALSO SURVIVING ARE HER BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN-JAMIE (KELLY) ELLIS AND JALENE ELLIS OF CHICAGO, ANNA WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET AND BEN WILLIAMS (SUSAN FOX) OF URBANA. MORE RECENTLY, HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MARY AND JAMES ELLIS, BROUGHT HER GREAT JOY.
AFTER GRADUATION FROM UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1946, MARY LOU WENT TO WORK AT MONTGOMERY WARD DEPARTMENT STORE AND BECAME THE MANAGER OF THE CREDIT DEPARTMENT THERE. ALWAYS WITH A KNACK FOR NUMBERS, SHE LATER WORKED FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AT THE CREDIT BUREAU OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR HER REAL FOCUS, HER FAMILY, CREATING A WARM AND INVITING HOME WHERE ALL WERE WELCOME AS SHE MADE EVERY BIRTHDAY, EVERY HOLIDAY SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, FEATURING HER SECOND TO NONE HOME COOKING AND BAKING.
AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WAS SHARING HER LIFETIME PASSION OF MINISTERING TO OTHERS THROUGH HER VOLUNTEER WORK IN HER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY WHERE SHE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER, A 50 YEAR PLUS PRE SCHOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, A DEACONESS AND CHURCH CIRCLE MEMBER, VISITOR TO SHUT INS AND DEDICATED DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM.
HER LOVE OF CHILDREN AND HER CONCERN FOR THE HUNGRY AND LONELY WAS A THREAD THAT RAN THROUGH HER LIFE. SHE SENT GREETING CARDS ALMOST DAILY TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES FOR EVERY OCCASION, OR SOMETIMES JUST TO SAY HELLO, THINKING OF YOU.
BASED ON THE CHARITIES MARY LOU SUPPORTED THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY FOOD PANTRY, SUGGESTED MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE TO EMPTY TOMB (https://emptytomb.org/), FEEDING OUR KIDS (https://feedingourkids.org/) , DAILY BREAD AND SOUP KITCHEN (https://dailybreadsoupkitchen.com/ ), OR SALT AND LIGHT (https://saltandlightministry.org/ ).
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ANGELS ON EARTH WHO HELPED WITH HER CARE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW, AS DID SHE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HAD HER IN OUR LIVES HERE AS LONG AS WE DID. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND WE WILL MISS HER MORE THAN WE CAN SAY. SHE LOVED BEING OUTSIDE IN THE SUN, SHARING COFFEE AND DONUTS WITH FRIENDS AND THE MORE THAN OCCASIONAL ICE CREAM TREAT. WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AS WE CELEBRATE HER LIFE MONDAY, JULY 3, 10:00 AM AT THE CHAPEL AND GRAVESIDE AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY IN URBANA. SHE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD WEAR SOMETHING COLORFUL-AS SHE ALWAYS DID-TO BRIGHTEN THE DAY.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023, AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY, URBANA. THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION. MORGAN MEMORIAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
OUR MUCH-LOVED MOM, MARY LOU ELLIS, 95, OF MAHOMET, FORMERLY OF CHAMPAIGN, PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY BY HER FAMILY JUNE 21, 2023 AT CARLE HOSPITAL IN URBANA.
MARY LOU WAS BORN IN CHAMPAIGN AUGUST 25, 1927, TO EVERETT AND MARTHA CHAPMAN WARMOTH. SHE MET HER FRIEND AND SOULMATE BEN ELLIS IN THIRD GRADE AND THEY WERE VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE SINCE, MARRIED IN CHAMPAIGN JUNE 9, 1954. SHE HAS BEEN GRIEVING HIS LOSS SINCE OCTOBER OF 2007.
MARY LOU AND BEN HAD 3 CHILDREN AND WERE ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR LIVES: DEBBIE ELLIS OF BERWYN; JIM (TERI) ELLIS OF CHAMPAIGN, AND PAM (JOE )WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET. ALSO SURVIVING ARE HER BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN-JAMIE (KELLY) ELLIS AND JALENE ELLIS OF CHICAGO, ANNA WILLIAMS OF MAHOMET AND BEN WILLIAMS (SUSAN FOX) OF URBANA. MORE RECENTLY, HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MARY AND JAMES ELLIS, BROUGHT HER GREAT JOY.
AFTER GRADUATION FROM UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1946, MARY LOU WENT TO WORK AT MONTGOMERY WARD DEPARTMENT STORE AND BECAME THE MANAGER OF THE CREDIT DEPARTMENT THERE. ALWAYS WITH A KNACK FOR NUMBERS, SHE LATER WORKED FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AT THE CREDIT BUREAU OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR HER REAL FOCUS, HER FAMILY, CREATING A WARM AND INVITING HOME WHERE ALL WERE WELCOME AS SHE MADE EVERY BIRTHDAY, EVERY HOLIDAY SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, FEATURING HER SECOND TO NONE HOME COOKING AND BAKING.
AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WAS SHARING HER LIFETIME PASSION OF MINISTERING TO OTHERS THROUGH HER VOLUNTEER WORK IN HER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY WHERE SHE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER, A 50 YEAR PLUS PRE SCHOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, A DEACONESS AND CHURCH CIRCLE MEMBER, VISITOR TO SHUT INS AND DEDICATED DIRECTOR OF THE FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM.
HER LOVE OF CHILDREN AND HER CONCERN FOR THE HUNGRY AND LONELY WAS A THREAD THAT RAN THROUGH HER LIFE. SHE SENT GREETING CARDS ALMOST DAILY TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES FOR EVERY OCCASION, OR SOMETIMES JUST TO SAY HELLO, THINKING OF YOU.
BASED ON THE CHARITIES MARY LOU SUPPORTED THROUGH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHAMPAIGN IN SAVOY FOOD PANTRY, SUGGESTED MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE TO EMPTY TOMB (https://emptytomb.org/), FEEDING OUR KIDS (https://feedingourkids.org/) , DAILY BREAD AND SOUP KITCHEN (https://dailybreadsoupkitchen.com/ ), OR SALT AND LIGHT (https://saltandlightministry.org/ ).
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ANGELS ON EARTH WHO HELPED WITH HER CARE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW, AS DID SHE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HAD HER IN OUR LIVES HERE AS LONG AS WE DID. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND WE WILL MISS HER MORE THAN WE CAN SAY. SHE LOVED BEING OUTSIDE IN THE SUN, SHARING COFFEE AND DONUTS WITH FRIENDS AND THE MORE THAN OCCASIONAL ICE CREAM TREAT. WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AS WE CELEBRATE HER LIFE MONDAY, JULY 3, 10:00 AM AT THE CHAPEL AND GRAVESIDE AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY IN URBANA. SHE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD WEAR SOMETHING COLORFUL-AS SHE ALWAYS DID-TO BRIGHTEN THE DAY.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023, AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY, URBANA. THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION. MORGAN MEMORIAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
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