Carol Evaline (Fraser) Ellis
1941 - 2015 | Obituary
HESSTON -- Carol Evaline Ellis, 73, a
longtime Hesston resident, died Monday (May 4, 2015) at the Newton
Medical Center.
She was born on December 17, 1941 in
Newton, Kansas, the daughter of William Robert and Letha Margaret Box
Fraser. She attended local schools and graduated from Newton High
School in 1959.
Carol was united in marriage to Keith
Donald Ellis on September 18, 1960 at the E.U.B. Church in Newton.
She had worked in the clerk's and treasurer's offices in the Harvey
County Courthouse, the donut shop in Hesston and the Food Market's in
Hesston and Moundridge.
Carol would later return to further her
education, receiving her bachelor's degree from Friends University in
Wichita in 1994 and her master's degree from Kansas State University
in 2000. She was an instructor for a year before joining the Newton
School District Co-Op working as a special ed para for a speech
language pathologist for five years, Carol continued to work as a
special ed para until retiring from the district in 2010.
She enjoyed researching genealogy and
love to cook. Through the years Carol stayed very active, she had
been a "den mother" for the Hesston Cub Scouts, served as
vice president of the Harvey County Republican Women in 1960, was
past matron of the Newton Order of Eastern Star Chapter #5 and past
guardian of Jobs Daughters Newton-Bethel Chapter #21.
Survivors include her brother Robert W.
Fraser and his wife Sandra of Hesston; sister-in-laws Hazel Ashen and
Ruth Ellis of Hutchinson; brother-in-law Wayne Ellis of Wichita;
nieces and nephews Sheri Fraser, Russel Fraser, Pat and Bruce
Klosterhoff, Dennis and Debbie Ellis, Larry and Julie Ashens, Doug
Ashens, Bradley and Sondra Ashens, Carol and Jim Russell, and Linda
Ellis.
Carol is preceded in death by her
parents; husband Keith on July 16, 2008; and son Mark M. Ellis on
February 12, 1986.
Funeral services will be held at 10
a.m., Monday (May 11, 2015) at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton.
Friends may call at the funeral home
Sunday between 1 and 6p.m. where the family will receive friends
between 2 and 4 p.m.
A memorial has been established with
the Kansas Children's Service League of Wichita and Caring Hands
Humane Society. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, Ks. 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com
Published in The Kansan from May 6 to
May 9, 2015
