Obituary of Ruth A. Ellis

untitled1 Visitation Friday, October 30, 2009 5-9 PM Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home Funeral Service Saturday, October 31, 2009 11 AM Funeral Home Burial Heavner Cemetery Frank Ellis, III said to his Poppy, there will be plenty of shopping malls in heaven. Ruth Sherrard Ellis Ruth Ellis, age 89, of Buckhannon, WV died Monday, October 26, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was born January 4, 1920 in Newark, OH. She was the daughter of the late Anna Blanch Wickett and Henry Sherrard. On March 24, 1945 she married Franklin C. “Hank” Ellis who survives. She was preceded in death by her brother George Sherrard and sister Marjory Squires and son in law Jimmie Green. Surviving are daughters, Cheri Green of Buckhannon, Jeanne Zickefoose and husband Gary of Bridgeport, WV and son Franklin J. “Hank” Ellis and wife Traci of Bridgeport. Also surviving are grandchildren Clint Green and wife Aimee of Buckhannon, Mindi McGrew and husband Jason of Scott Depot, WV, Jon Green and wife Holly of Buckhannon, Shelli Lantz and husband Eric of Buckhannon, Captain Greg Zickefoose of Little Rock Arkansas, Captain Brian Zickefoose and wife Kim of Lancaster, PA, Frankie D. Ellis and Olivia Anna Ellis of Bridgeport; great-grandchildren, Madison, Delaney and Cheirdyn Green, Jack, Mitch and Rhett McGrew, Ava Lantz, Jimmie Green and Brianna and Meara Zickefoose. Mrs. Ellis was a graduate of Newark High School and attended West Virginia Wesleyan College where she met her husband, Frank. She was a member of Alpha Z Delta Sorority, The Wesleyan Emeritus Club, and The First United Methodist Church of Buckhannon. Mrs. Ellis was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker, who loved being with her family. Friends will be received Friday, October 30, 2009 from 5-9 PM at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 11 AM Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Ron McCauley and the Rev. Billee Scott Mick officiating. Burial will follow in the Heavner Cemetery in Buckhannon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the West Virginia Wesleyan “Hank Ellis” Athletic Scholarship Fund. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.