Jack Lee Ellis

ELLIS, JOHNSON, MALCOLM, SANDBULTE, HOOYER, EDLER, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Roger Miller (email)
Date: 9/8/2016 at 15:45:02

JACK LEE ELLIS

Jack Lee Ellis, 82, of Sheldon, Iowa passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016, after a short bout with cancer. Jack was surrounded by his loving wife and family at home when he went to his eternal resting place.

Jack was born January 23, 1934 in Allen, Nebraska to Vernon and Eleanor (Johnson) Ellis. He graduated from Allen High School in 1951. It was in that same year on the first of June that he married his high school sweetheart, Lorraine Mae Malcolm.

After 7 years of driving truck, Jack was a maintenance man for 18 years. While working at a Sioux City packing plant, he was propositioned to move north to Sioux Center, IA and work at the new Sioux-Preme Pack, as their head maintenance man. He then worked 20 years for Novelty Machine and Supply as an over-the-road salesman. He was a valued employee at every job and could size up what was needed to get the job done right.

He enjoyed playing cards, specifically pinochle, golfing, fishing and hunting trips with his sons, collecting guns, playing around with horses, attending his grandchildren's events, cheering on the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and watching westerns. A highlight at the end of each month was when his children and grandchildren gathered on the last Sunday to just enjoy each other’s company.

In their 65 years of marriage, Jack and Lorraine resided in Allen, Nebraska and Homer, Nebraska followed by Sioux Center, Storm Lake, Sioux City, and Sheldon, Iowa.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Lorraine and their six children, Dennis (Jane) Ellis of Alton, IA, Doug (Joanne) Ellis of Wausau, WI, Dan (Jean) Ellis of Sioux Center, IA, Dexter (Eve) Ellis of Sioux Center, IA, Donna (Merlyn) Sandbulte of Rock Valley, IA, and Debbie (Mark) Hooyer of Sioux Center, IA. There are 19 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Five brothers, Vernon (Sandi) Ellis of Torrington, WY, Keith (Dorothy) Ellis of Englewood, CO, Don (Fern) Ellis of Alta Loma, CA, Gary (Twyla) Ellis of Littleton, CO, Calvin “Cal” Ellis of Denver, CO. Two sisters, Joyce Edler of Yakima, WA and Nancy (Merlin) Schultz of Wakefield, NE, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Jim.

Jack will be remembered as a good husband and a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather.

Andringa Funeral Home, obituary