Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Ellis, John Faulkner  March 9, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
John Faulkner Ellis, M.D.
May 30, 1915 - March 9, 2005

Dr. John Jack Ellis passed away on Wednesday while his wife of 58 years 
Margarete, Margie held his hand. An avid fan of the 49ers and Giants, Jack was 
born in San Francisco on May 30, 1915. After earning his degree at Stanford 
University, he continued on and graduated from Stanford Medical School in 
1942. At that time, Doc volunteered for the United States Army and, after a 
brief tour in Alaska, served as Major in the Medical Corps in the European 
Theater of WWII. At the wars conclusion, Jack served an additional year in 
Vienna, Austria as part of the effort to rebuild the European Health Care 
System. In Vienna, Jack met the lovely Margarete Wolfer and they were wed on 
September 7, 1946. He was discharged from military service with the rank of 
Lt. Colonel. After brief stops in New York and Salinas, the newlyweds settled 
in Taft where they raised their six children. Jack was a founding member and 
President of the West Kern Water Board and devoted countless hours to the West 
Side Hospital District and the Taft Rotary Club. He was a devout Catholic and 
a longtime parishioner of St. Marys Catholic Church in Taft. Doc was a 
dedicated physician in the community until he retired in 1988. His love of 
golf, music and poetry were widely known. 

Jack is survived by his loving wife, Margarete; his children, Robert Ellis and 
his wife, Pari, Christine Young, Mark Ellis and his wife, Karen, Susan DeCant, 
and John Ellis and his wife, Patty; his ten grandchildren and by his five 
great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his sisters, Kathleen and Beverly 
and by his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. We will all miss this great man, 
husband, father, leader and friend. 

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday morning at 11:00 a.m., 
at St. Marys Catholic Church in Taft. Rev. Msgr. Michael Braun will be the 
celebrant. Burial will follow in the West Side District Cemetery.

Those who wish to pay their respects may do so on Sunday from 3:00 p.m. to 
8:30 p.m. at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 
1710 Gilbreth Rd., Burlingame, CA 94010. Please specify, stroke research.

Erickson & Brown Funeral Home 


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Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased.


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