ELLIS, Alice Marie (nee Draeger) 1915-2004

ELLIS, DRAEGER, HOLLAND

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 11/30/2008 at 13:30:20

Visitation:
Hauser Funeral Home
1205 South Main
Charles City, Iowa

Service:
10:30 AM - Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Grace United Methodist Church
701 1st Avenue
Floyd, Iowa

Alice Marie Draeger Ellis was born April 20, 1915, at Rockford, Floyd county, Iowa,the daughter of Charles and Maude (Holland) Draeger. She graduated from the Rockford High School.

On November 24, 1937, she was united in marriage to Ansel Ellis at Rockford. They farmed in the Rudd and Floyd areas all of their lives, retiring in 1969. She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church and United Methodist Womens Society. Alices hobbies included gardening, cooking, playing cards and doing various types of needlework.

Living family members include two sons and their wives, Rodney and Ruthanne Ellis of Charles City and Bill and Andrea Toots Ellis of Harpers Ferry; two daughters, Phyllis Foxen of Charles City and Beverly and her husband Jerome Foxen of Charles City; 14 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; a sister, Elizabeth Helfrecht of Pendleton, OR; two sisters-in-law, Luella Dodd of Hampton, and Opal Clift of Springfield, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Leland; a grandson, Chad Foxen; and a brother, Lawrence Draeger.

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