Ellen M. Wade, 88, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 4, 2008, at the Eastside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Pittsfield.
She was born on April 5, 1920, in Milton, to Reuben H. and Sadie E. Ruble Brown. Ellen married Raymond A. Wade in Bowling Green, Mo., on April 24, 1940, and he survives.
She worked at the Brown Shoe Factory in Pittsfield for 25 years. Ellen was secretary to the principal at Milton High School until she married and hung wallpaper for many years.
Ellen was a member of the Methodist Church in Florence, and served as church secretary and taught Sunday school. She graduated from Milton High School in 1939. Ellen served as the Florence Village Clerk for 35 years. She enjoyed square and round dancing. She wrote the "Florence News" column for the Pike Press for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond Wade; two sons, Leonard (Beth) Wade of Pittsfield and Lindle "Chub" (Margie) Wade of Detroit, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. Linda Sue (James) Farmer of Arenzville; two brothers, Earl Dean Brown of Whittier, Calif., and Lewis R. (Lois) Brown of Pittsfield; and two sisters, Eva Mae Roentz of Granite City and Margaret Pearl Ehlert of Barry; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lora in infancy and Dorothy Guthrie; and two brothers, Keith Bradley and Howard Ray Brown.
Funeral services were be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield, with Peggy Ratliff officiating. Burial was at the Blue River Cemetery in Detroit, Ill. Memorials are to the Blue River Cemetery or the Florence United Methodist Church.
She was born on April 5, 1920, in Milton, to Reuben H. and Sadie E. Ruble Brown. Ellen married Raymond A. Wade in Bowling Green, Mo., on April 24, 1940, and he survives.
She worked at the Brown Shoe Factory in Pittsfield for 25 years. Ellen was secretary to the principal at Milton High School until she married and hung wallpaper for many years.
Ellen was a member of the Methodist Church in Florence, and served as church secretary and taught Sunday school. She graduated from Milton High School in 1939. Ellen served as the Florence Village Clerk for 35 years. She enjoyed square and round dancing. She wrote the "Florence News" column for the Pike Press for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond Wade; two sons, Leonard (Beth) Wade of Pittsfield and Lindle "Chub" (Margie) Wade of Detroit, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. Linda Sue (James) Farmer of Arenzville; two brothers, Earl Dean Brown of Whittier, Calif., and Lewis R. (Lois) Brown of Pittsfield; and two sisters, Eva Mae Roentz of Granite City and Margaret Pearl Ehlert of Barry; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lora in infancy and Dorothy Guthrie; and two brothers, Keith Bradley and Howard Ray Brown.
Funeral services were be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield, with Peggy Ratliff officiating. Burial was at the Blue River Cemetery in Detroit, Ill. Memorials are to the Blue River Cemetery or the Florence United Methodist Church.
Ellen M. Wade, 88, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 4, 2008, at the Eastside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Pittsfield.
She was born on April 5, 1920, in Milton, to Reuben H. and Sadie E. Ruble Brown. Ellen married Raymond A. Wade in Bowling Green, Mo., on April 24, 1940, and he survives.
She worked at the Brown Shoe Factory in Pittsfield for 25 years. Ellen was secretary to the principal at Milton High School until she married and hung wallpaper for many years.
Ellen was a member of the Methodist Church in Florence, and served as church secretary and taught Sunday school. She graduated from Milton High School in 1939. Ellen served as the Florence Village Clerk for 35 years. She enjoyed square and round dancing. She wrote the "Florence News" column for the Pike Press for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond Wade; two sons, Leonard (Beth) Wade of Pittsfield and Lindle "Chub" (Margie) Wade of Detroit, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. Linda Sue (James) Farmer of Arenzville; two brothers, Earl Dean Brown of Whittier, Calif., and Lewis R. (Lois) Brown of Pittsfield; and two sisters, Eva Mae Roentz of Granite City and Margaret Pearl Ehlert of Barry; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lora in infancy and Dorothy Guthrie; and two brothers, Keith Bradley and Howard Ray Brown.
Funeral services were be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield, with Peggy Ratliff officiating. Burial was at the Blue River Cemetery in Detroit, Ill. Memorials are to the Blue River Cemetery or the Florence United Methodist Church.
She was born on April 5, 1920, in Milton, to Reuben H. and Sadie E. Ruble Brown. Ellen married Raymond A. Wade in Bowling Green, Mo., on April 24, 1940, and he survives.
She worked at the Brown Shoe Factory in Pittsfield for 25 years. Ellen was secretary to the principal at Milton High School until she married and hung wallpaper for many years.
Ellen was a member of the Methodist Church in Florence, and served as church secretary and taught Sunday school. She graduated from Milton High School in 1939. Ellen served as the Florence Village Clerk for 35 years. She enjoyed square and round dancing. She wrote the "Florence News" column for the Pike Press for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond Wade; two sons, Leonard (Beth) Wade of Pittsfield and Lindle "Chub" (Margie) Wade of Detroit, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. Linda Sue (James) Farmer of Arenzville; two brothers, Earl Dean Brown of Whittier, Calif., and Lewis R. (Lois) Brown of Pittsfield; and two sisters, Eva Mae Roentz of Granite City and Margaret Pearl Ehlert of Barry; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lora in infancy and Dorothy Guthrie; and two brothers, Keith Bradley and Howard Ray Brown.
Funeral services were be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield, with Peggy Ratliff officiating. Burial was at the Blue River Cemetery in Detroit, Ill. Memorials are to the Blue River Cemetery or the Florence United Methodist Church.
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