Ellis, Muriel E. (Darrington) -- 1907 - 2009

DARRINGTON, LUND, ELLIS, LEHMAN

Posted By: Barry M. Dahl (email)
Date: 11/15/2010 at 19:47:01

Murriel's obituary from the Montana Music News, 2009.

Cut Bank Muriel E. (Darrington) Ellis, 102, a retired music teacher from Cut Bank, died of natural causes Tuesday at Glacier Care Center.
Memorial services at 1 P.M. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Cut Bank, with interment in the Crown Hill Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include a daughter, Audrey Y. Lehman of Anderson, S.C.; a son, James R. Ellis Jr. of Cut Bank; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great- granddaughter.
Muriel was born July 5, 1907, in Hesper, Iowa, to David and Laura (Lund) Darrington. At a young age, she moved with her family to North Dakota, where she was educated and later received her Normal Piano Diploma from the University of Chicago.

She married James Russell Ellis Sr. in Stanley, N.D., in 1925. The family moved to Cut Bank from Coer d'Alene, Idaho, in 1937.

Muriel taught piano for more than 50 years in Cut Bank, and held a permanent professional certificate.

She was a member and former deacon of First Presbyterian Church, where she also was active in the women's organizations and a member of the national and State Music Teachers Association. She also belonged to Cut Bank women's and literature clubs, the Glacier Historical Society and the Cut Bank Senior Citizens.

She was the last remaining charter member of the Cut Bank--Shelby Community Concert Association, which she helped organize.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James Russell Ellis Sr.; and a grandson, John Lehman.

Memorial are suggested to First Presbyterian Church or donor's choice.