This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELLIS, LAHRKE, GINTHER, MONCRIEFF Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12692 Message Board Post: ELLIS, Edith, July 29, 1967 ELLIS, LAHRKE, GINTHER, MONCRIEFF >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Relatives in Sturgis have received word of the death of Mrs. Roy (Edith) ELLIS, 91, who died on Friday, July 29, in a Denver, Colo., nursing home. She had been in declining health for a number of years. Mrs. ELLIS was born in Sherman Township, Dec. 22, 1875, a daughter of Fred and Augusta (LAHRKE) GINTHER. She was united in marriage to Roy C. ELLIS, who preceded her in death in 1947. A son, Stuart, died in 1936. Mrs. ELLIS had lived all her married life in Denver, but was a regular visitor to the Sturgis area until her health began to wane. Survivors include four nieces, three nephews and several cousins. One of the nieces Mrs. W. B. MONCRIEFF, of Denver, will accompany the body to Sturgis, where it is expected to arrive late Saturday evening. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Foglesong Funeral Home, with the Rev. M. John Palmer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will take place in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the Foglesong Funeral Home beginning Sunday noon. END