She was born Nov. 26, 1949, in Stella, to the late Ivan William and Margaret Jean (Bankson) Rowe. She owned and operated Burgers-N-More Restaurant in Wheaton for 10 years.
On July 26, 1966, she married Carl R. Ellis at Stella. he survives.
Additionals survivors include: three daughters, Shelley Beardsley and husband, Danny, of Ritchy, Lisa McNeill and husband, Kevin, of Wheaton, and Gina Littlefield and husband, Lincoln, of Wheaton; 12 grandchildren; and two sisters; Sharon McBride, of Wheaton, and Melissa Boehnke, of Beebee, Ark.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and one sister, Marilyn Mills.
Services were at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Wheaton Southern Baptist Church. burial was at Hazelgreen Cemetery in Boulder City.
Arrangements were handled by Wheaton Funeral Home, Wheaton.
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