Calling(s)

Saturday, March 17, 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1901 Dowling Street, Kendallville

Service

Saturday, March 17, 1:30 PM Church of Jess Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1901 Dowling Street, Kendallville

Obituary

Mabel Marie (Miller) Ellis, 86, of Avilla and formerly of Ashley died Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at 10:28 p.m. at Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville.

She was born February 11, 1932, in Albion to Carl John and Hazel Alberta (Finney) Miller.

On November 9, 1946, in Clayton, Missouri, she married Arthur Junior Ellis.

She was a homemaker and a babysitter.

Mrs. Ellis was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Kendallville.

Surviving are five daughters, Donna (David) Koehlinger of Fort Wayne, Beverly Lankford of Kendallville, Dianna Buss of Waterloo, Sharon Ellis of Fort Wayne, and Jeanine Bender of Auburn; two sons, James (Donna) Ellis of Antwerp, Ohio, and Brian (Nadezhea) Ellis of Brooklyn, New York; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a half-brother, William Russell Gravatt; a son, Robert Ellis; a daughter, Karen Ellis; two sons-in-law, Ronald Lankford and Scott Bender; and a daughter-in-law, Nancy Ellis.

A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, March 17, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day-Saints, 1901 Dowling Street, Kendallville. Burial will be at the Avilla Cemetery at a later date.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at the church.

Preferred memorials are to Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202.

Young Family Funeral Home, Hudson-Ashley Chapel 612 North Main Street, Hudson is assisting the family with arrangements.

Memories and condolences may be shared at www.youngfamilyfuneralhome.com