The Topeka Daily Capital Monday January 8, 1951 Ellis Obern Witmer. Word has been received by Mrs. Carroll REICHERT of Topeka, of hte death of her father, Ellis Obern WITMER of Colorado Springs, Colo. He was a former resident of Norton. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Winner Hartie WITMER, three sons, Raymond WITMER, Phillipsburg, Ellis WITMER, Portland, Ore., and Ralph Witmer, Denver, Colo.; three daughters, Mrs. O.M. BAKER, Norton, Mrs. D.A. PRESLER, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. REICHERT, Topeka; two brothers, John WITMER, McCook, Neb., and J.R. WITMER, Topeka; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Interment will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Norton.