GRAD: 9 JUN 1932 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: Milton College - BPh

Edward Manning Ellis 1909-1976
"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 15, 1976, p 1.
Edward M. Ellis, 66, 301 W. Dean, Monona, former vice president of the Milton College board of trustees, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, at St. Mary Hospital, Madison, after an apparent heart attack.
Mr. Ellis was born Aug. 11, 1909, in Shiloh, New Jersey, the son of George M. and Phoebe Davis Ellis and came to Milton at the age of three. He attended school in Milton and graduated from Milton College in 1932 with a Ph.B in Economics.
He married the former Ruth Brown Aug. 29, 1929 at Marion, Ohio. She died April 11, 1969. A Ruth Brown Ellis Memorial Scholarship was established at Milton College in her memory. She was also a 1932 graduate of Milton College.
Mr. Ellis served as a 2nd Lt. in WW II in the Signal Corp. from 1941 to 1944 and was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
He was elected to the Milton College board of trustees in 1960 and during his tenure served as vice president of the board and chairman of the development committee. In July, 1975, he was elected an honorary member of the board.
In 1970, Ellis was given the "Pillar of Milton" alumni award, the highest honor bestowed by the college to an alumnus. He was president and chairman of the board of Johnson Welding and Equipment Co., Madison, and a member of the Madison Chamber of Commerce, Wisconsin Manufacturer's Assn., Wisconsin Petroleum Assn., and National Assn. of Oil Equipment Jobbers.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Frances Bishop, 1656 Capitol Dr., Madison; and one niece, LeAlyce Kardasz, Stoughton.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 16, at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Milton, with Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:30 until time of service at the church. Burial will be in Milton Cemetery. A memorial fund will be established.

GRAD: 9 JUN 1932 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: Milton College - BA
Residence: Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin: 301 Dean St.

Ruth M. (Brown) Ellis 1908-1969
Categories: Later Arrivals, Milton College Graduate, Milton Newspaper Obituary, Rev. Earl Cruzan Officiating
"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Apr. 17, 1969, p 8.
Mrs. Edward Ellis, 61, Madison, former Milton resident, died Friday, April 11, in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery with Stuart Shadel, Franklin Walsh, Lawrence Dickhoff, Kenneth Smith, Louis Sunby and Walter Sayre as pallbearers.
Ruth, the daughter of George F. and Mary S. Kraner Brown, was born March 18, 1908 in Agosta, Ohio. She was married to Edward Ellis Aug. 9, 1929 in Marion, Ohio. A 1932 graduate of Milton College, she was employed in the Marion City Hospital during World War II and was director and program chairman of Girl Scouts of West Chicago Area for many years. A resident of Madison for the past 15 years, she was an active volunteer worker at the Mendota State Hospital in Occupational Therapy. She was also a member of the golf and bowling leagues.
Surviving are her husband; a sister, Mrs. Jessie Hewitt, Monona; and one brother, Rupert G. Brown, Worthington, Ohio.