Sue Ellen Ash
1943 - 2021
Sue Ellen Ash, age 77, of Wilmington,
Ohio, passed away late Sunday night, March 14, 2021, at Clinton
Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. She was born September 22, 1943 in
Newton, Kansas, daughter of the late Ray Allison & Lillian
Jeanette (Smith) Cave.
Sue Ellen had worked as the District
Manager for Hallmark Stores and the Clinton County Historical
Society, where she passed on her passion for Family History. She
attended First Christian Church-Disciples of Christ in Wilmington and
was a member of the Federated Church of Whitewater in Kansas. She
volunteered a lot with the Wilmington United Methodist Church and all
of their committees and especially with the Girl Scouts, where she
was a leader for over 10 years.
Her loving family includes her husband,
Ronald L. Ash; daughter, Ellen Lee and a son, David Ash, all of
Wilmington; 2 sisters, Carolyn Fisher, of Whitewater, KS and Marilyn
Ghere, of Sedgwick, KS; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Sue Ellen
was preceded in death by her daughter, Angel Ash; brothers-in-law,
Monte Fisher & Wayne Risch; sister-in-law, Betty Dowd; and
nephew, Steve Fisher.
Funeral Services in Ohio will be held
3:00 PM, Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the First Christian
Church-Disciples of Christ, 120 Columbus Street, Wilmington with
Pastor Tom Stephenson officiating. The family will receive friends
from 2:00 - 3:00 PM Saturday at the Church. Masks and social
distancing are requested.
Funeral services in Kansas will be held
2:00 PM, Sunday, March 28, 2021 at the Federated Church of
Whitewater, Whitewater, KS. The family will receive friends from
12:30 -2:00 pm at the church. Interment will follow in the Whitewater
Cemetery.
The Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home,
Wilmington, is assisting the family with the Ohio arrangements and
the Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater, Kansas is assisting the family
with the Kansas arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Sue Ellen's
memory may be made to the St. Jude Hospital or the American Red Cross
in care of Lamb Funeral Home, P.O. Box 358, Whitewater, Kansas 67154.
Please sign her online guest book and leave a memory of Sue Ellen at
www.ymzfh.com
