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Obituary:         Emma Jane Lane Ellis
Newspaper:        Springs Valley Herald
Publication Date: October 20 & 27, 1938
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DEATH NOTICE

Mrs. Emma Ellis, 70, wife of M.U. Ellis of near the Gorge, passed away at
the Norton Infirmary on Louisville, Ky.  Sunday night. Mrs. Ellis became
ill Friday afternoon from intestinal disorders and was taken to Louisville
on Sunday.  She was showing improvement when death came suddenly following
a heart attack early Sunday night.

Mrs. Ellis was a respected citizen of this community for many years and her
congenial nature and fine character gained her a large circle of friends in
French Lick and West Baden.

Funeral services were held at the West Baden M. E. Church Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. Cort Murr of Indianapolis, assisted by Rev. James Austin.
Interment was made in the Ames cemetery with W. V. Ritter & Son in charge
of the arrangements.

Besides the husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Olive Ballard
and Mrs. Bert Owen of West Baden, three grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.

OBITUARY

A staunch friend, a loving mother and a devoted wife, and to those who have
known Emma J. Lane Ellis, she has left a living memory as abiding as life
itself.

She was born in the Moore's Ridge neighborhood in Orange County, February
16, 1868 and passed away at the Morton Infirmary, Louisville, KY, October
16, 1938, aged 70 years and 8 months.

She was the daughter of David J. and Mary McGrew Lane and moved with her
parents in childhood to Dubois County and there grew up to womanhood and
joined the M. E. Church at Union Valley, later transferring her membership
to West Baden and has ever lived a profound Christian life.

On September 18, 1887, she was married to Marvin U. Ellis and for more than
fifty one years they have journeyed through life together.  From this union
there mourn today two daughters, Mary Owen and Olive Ballard, both of West
Baden, also her husband, three grandchildren, Phyllis Freeman, Kenneth Owen
and Betty Lou Cornwell, two great grand-children, five sisters, Vina Ellis
of Oklahoma, Mattie Heartsell of Kansas City, MO, Rella Lane, Sarah Grigsby
and Della Davis of Washington, D.C.; three brothers, Andrew of Detroit, MI,
Elmer of Loogootee, IN and Charles of Odin, IN; and a host of other
relatives and friends.

Her quiet, unassuming life has closed with a life of victory beyond the
grave, beloved by all who knew her as Mom Ellis.


ELLIS FAMILY BIBLE ENTRY

Emma J. Ellis departed this life Oct 16 1938 about 9 p.m., Norton Infirmary
Louisville, KY.

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