Washington County, OK - Obituary - William Clyde Ellis - e420

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Source:  Ramona News-Name Of Paper Unknown --Feb 1996 
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William C. ELLIS

William Clyde ELLIS, 89, area resident since 1959 died at 6 p.m. on 
Thursday in the Heritage Villa Nursing Center in Bartlesville. Funeral 
service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday in the Memory Chapel of the 
Arnold Moore Funeral Residence. Internment will be directed in the 
Ramona Cemetery by Arnold Moore Funeral Service. 

A native of Oklahoma, William Clyde ELLIS was born Sept. 18, 1906, 
at Valliant in McCurtain County. He was the son of Isaac and Florence 
(PHIPPS) ELLIS. He was raised and received his education in rural 
McCurtain County. He and Lela Lula TINSLEY were married March 17, 1928, 
at El Reno, where Mr. ELLIS was active in farming interests in Canadian
County, near El Reno. 

Mr. ELLIS was employed by the Rock Island Railroad in 1938, and continued 
his employment with them until 1945, when he returned to his farming 
interests in Osage County. He and Mrs. ELLIS were residents of Hominy 
until 1959, when they moved to Ramona. 

Mr. ELLIS was employed by the City of Ramona until he retired in 1971, and 
they have continued their residence in Ramona, living in retirement. 

Mr. ELLIS was a member of the Happy Hill Church and is survived by his 
wife; a daughter Pauline; three grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five sisters, four brothers and a son, Clyde 
Deane in 1935.