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| James “Jim” LeRoy Ellis |
Visitation will be prior to services from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to Ohio Street United Methodist Church, Heartland Hospice, American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.
James “Jim” LeRoy Ellis, age 90 of Butler, Missouri died Monday, April 3, 2017 at Medicalodge Nursing Center in Butler. He was born September 3, 1926 to Wilbur Franklin and Alice Irene Hodges Ellis in Archie, Missouri.
Jim is survived by two daughters, Pamela Sue Dodds and husband Caroll and Paula Kay Morgan and husband Lynn all of Butler, Missouri; two stepdaughters, Patricia Gail Higgins and husband Jerry of Golden, Colorado and Diana Lynn Lyman of Springfield, Missouri; three grandchildren, Lindsey Morgan, Rachel Searles and husband Travis and Robin Gier and husband Luther; two step grandchildren, Scot Higgins and wife Michelle and Brett Higgins and wife Candace; five great-grandchildren, Tristyn, Avry, Sophia, Remmington and Raylan; and five step great-grandchildren, Rachel, Sarah, Beckett, Margo and Griffin. He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife Yula Ellis; his second wife Doris Ellis; one sister, Billie Giffin; and granddaughter Hannah Morgan in 1982.
