Donald Sidney Ellis

DONALD SIDNEY HENNENBERRY DUBUSSY STEWART ELLIS

" COWBOY BOWLER "

" 4 YEARS OLDER THAN DIRT "

BUBBA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JAN. 17TH 2020 IN HIS HOME. HE WAS BORN IN CHICAGO ON JULY 16TH 1931. BUBBA AND GRAMS WERE HAPPILY MARRIED FOR 67 YEARS. HE STARTED BOWLING AND RIDING BULLS AT 17 YEARS OLD, HE WAS AN AMAZING BOWLER TRAVELING ALL OVER THE U.S. WITH HIS TEAM. HE WAS HURT BY A BRAHMAN BULL THAT CRUSHED HIS ARM ON THE 4TH OF JULY 1949 AT THE PRESCOTT RODEO . HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BOWL IN A TOURNAMENT A FEW DAYS AFTER THE RODEO. HE HAD MANY SURGERIES OVER THE YEARS AND WORE A CAST FOR OVER 5 YEARS. MADE A COMEBACK SOON AFTER BOWLING WITH HIS CAST ON. HE WAS A TRAVELING SALESMAN BEFORE HE AND HIS FATHER OPENED AMERICAN PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY IN 1958. HE WAS A VERY WELL RESPECTED MAN IN THE INDUSTRY THAT HELPED MANY COMPANIES GET THERE FIRST START OVER THE YEARS. HE WENT TO KENILWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PHOENIX UNION HIGH. HE HAD 3 BEST FRIENDS FROM GRADE SCHOOL PAUL LEWINTHAL WAS PASSED AWAY A MONTH PRIOR, MARTY HIRSHBURG AND KING STRAUS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE BETTIE SUE, SON RANDY AND DAUGHTER ARLENE AND HUSBAND MARK FAUCHER. 5 GRANDKIDS JACOB AND TYLER ELLIS, MISHA & HER HUSBAND BEN SHIELDS, WESLEY & HER HUSBAND MATT NOLAN AND WHITNEY FAUCHER. 4 GREAT GRANDKIDS ABBY ELLIS, SHEA SHIELDS & HER SISTER AND ELI NOLAN. GREAT NIECE SARA LEWIN & HER HUSBAND DANIEL AND GREAT GREAT NIECE OLIVIA LEWIN. PLUS MANY GREAT FRIENDS FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

DON WAS A GREAT MAN, HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, AND FRIEND. A ONE OF A KIND PERSON WHO WILL BE DEARLY MISSED.

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