Ellen L. Sherrill, 94, passed away Nov. 17, 2020 at Rhode Island Suites, Ransom.
She was born July 20, 1926 in Englewood to Frederic Soloman and Mary Henrietta Klotz Ward.
A lifetime area resident, she was a member of the First Baptist Church, Jetmore, and the VFW Auxiliary, Kinsley.
In 1941 she married Leo Gillespie; he preceded her in death in August of 1955. She then married Harold Sherrill on April 11, 1959 at Denton, Texas; he preceded her in death on Dec. 11, 2004.
Survivors include: two sons, Fred (Beverly) Gillespie, Ava, Mo., Kevin (Deanna) Sherrill, Jetmore; two daughters, Mary Ellen Schinstock Larned, Jacque Sherrill, Jetmore; two sisters, Dee White, Jetmore, Miran Ward, Cortez, Colo.; 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Leo Gillespie, husband Harold Sherrill, and four sisters, Vona Bedell, Lucy Green, Katy Jones, and Freda Lynn.
Private family interment will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore.
Memorials may be given to Rhode Island Suites in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, PO Box 663, Jetmore, Kansas 67854. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithfuneralhome.com.