This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Yk.2ACIB/1058 Message Board Post: ELLA ROSS MILLS No date Mrs. Ella ROSS MILLS died at her home of 95 Jefferson Street, Wellsville, April 3 in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. She had been ill since Easter. Mrs. MILLS was born on Oct. 23, 1860 near Rossburg, the daughter of George D. and Mary Jane ROSS GILLETTE. In 1882, she married William S. MILLS, They made their home in Fillmore, where Mr. MILLS was a jeweler and optometrist. For 34 years, after her husband's death, Mrs. MILLS had resided in Wellsville with her daughter and family, Mrs. George M. HYDE. She was known in the neighborhood to friends and the children as ‘Grandma Mills'. Mrs. MILLS had been an accomplished musician and lover nature. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Fillmore. Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. HYDE, one granddaughter, Mrs. Richard RIGGS, two great grandsons, William and Robert RIGGS, all of Wellsville. Another daughter, Elizabeth Louise died in 1898. The following nieces and nephew also survive: Miss Marjorie GILLETTE, Mrs. Kenneth R. WILLARD and Leon COLEGROVE, all of Nunda. Burial was made in Alger Cemetery. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]