Ethel Rose Ellis

Ethel Rose Ellis, born March 8, 1929 to Marshall Sherman and Daisy Mae (Retzloff) Pennell, passed away May 5, 2014. She was a homemaker, devoted to her family. Ethel liked to embroider and was an avid reader. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Richard Ellis; daughter, Linda Mae Williams; and sisters, Marcia and Florence. Surviving to cherish her memory are

daughters, Diana (James) Johnson of St. Johns, Karen (Dave) Leisman of St. Johns, and Cherri MacMillian of Ionia; son,

Clive (Melody) Ellis of DeWitt; grandchildren, Lynn, Cheryle, Michael, Amy, Corbin, Miranda, Clayton, Malorie, Jeni, Nathan, Cathleen, Guy and Anne; 20 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; and brother, Kenneth (Ann) Pennell of Florida. Funeral services will take place at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 9, at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, 205 E.

Washington in DeWitt. Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 8, and one hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home. The family is being served by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes DeWitt Chapel.

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