Mary Elsie

Ellis

Mary E. Ellis was born on September 1, 1946, in Toledo, Ohio, and returned home to the Lord on October 5, 2026, at the age of 81. She was a woman of deep faith who loved the Lord and lived that love out loud. She was also the funniest person in the room, and the first to reach for a joke when things got heavy, because sadness never sat comfortably with her. If you knew Mary, you knew her kitchen. Her cookies, cakes, pies, and cinnamon rolls were legendary, and nobody left her table hungry or unloved. She loved to shop and she loved making jewelry, adding beauty to the world one piece at a time. In her later years, she was learning to be more patient, especially with herself, and she gave herself that grace with the same generosity she gave everyone else.

Mary was preceded in death by her beloved parents, Murline and Harlan Schofield, her son, Theodore "Tony" Ellis, and her brothers, Jerry and Harland Schofield.

Mary leaves to cherish her memory, her son, Ervin S. Ellis, and daughter-in-law, Ladonna Ellis; her grandchildren, Jinave' Turner, Mia Ellis, Jerimihas Ellis, and Chanse Reddit; her nephew, Keith Robinson; her nieces, Shar'ee and K'D Robinson; her best friends, Rodell Ramsey and Debra Smoot, and a host of other family and friends who loved her dearly.