Obit for ELLA, Reginald "Rex" H. (b.1931), Murray Co., MN
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WHITE BEAR LAKE - Funeral for Reginald "Rex" H. Ella, 55, was Oct. 29 at 
St. Pius Catholic Church here.  Burial was in the parish cemetery.  Mr. 
Ella died Oct. 23 at St. John's Hospital.
 
Reginald Ella, the son of Henry "Heinie" H. and Frances Hebbelman Ella, 
was born at Slayton on March 4, 1931.  He graduated from Slayton High 
School, he spent time as a custodian of the Rollerdrome at Valhalla for 
Win Peterson.  He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was honorably 
discharged in 1954.  On April 19, 1955, he married Mildred Thaler at 
Slayton.  He went on to electronics school in Chicago, upon completion, 
they returned to Minnesota from Blue Mound, Ill., where they had lived 
and he accepted work as a technician at Minnesota Mining in St. Paul, 
where he had continued his work.  They purchased a home in White Bear 
Lake, their current address.
 
Mr. Ella is survived by his wife; two sons, Jeffrey Reginald, Colorado, 
Gregory Robert, stationed in South Carolina in the U.S. Army; one 
daughter, Andrea Leigh, at home; his mother, Frances Ella; a sister 
Patricia Farrell, both of Slayton; and a brother, Rodney, Worthington."
 
An excerpt from a newspaper article dated 1-1956, "Rex graduated on 
December 9 from Coyne Electrical School.