Bernice Diane Ellis 97, of McLeansboro, IL passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, IL. Bernice was born August 29, 1928 in Osage County, Oklahoma. She was a daughter of Robert Bracken and Rachel (Johnson) Bracken. On November 12, 1954 she married Raymond Morton Ellis, Sr. at the Christian Church in McLeansboro. Raymond passed away in 2003.
Bernice was a homemaker in addition to working at Elder’s Manufacturing, Addis Healthcare, Reynold’s Pharmacy and Home Pharmacy. She was a member of Springerton Christian Church, board president of Trade Industries, a member of Governor’s Council for Developmental Disabilities, co-founder of Hamilton Athletic Booster Club, member of Hamilton County Bottle Club and the Women’s Group at Springerton Christian Church.
Survivors include her sons, James Robert Moses and Linda Grigg, Maple City, MI., Raymond Morton Ellis, Jr and Phyllis Lanier Ellis, LaCenter, KY, and Charles Eugene Ellis and Karalee Johnston Houle. Daughter, Alicia Diane Crumpton and Jon Crumpton, Phoenix, AZ. Grandchildren, Jessica Lynn Sexton and Johnny Sexton, McLeansboro, IL., Seth Andrew Ellis and Cassie Ellis, Mt. Vernon, IL., great grandchildren, Chloe Sexton, Starla Sexton, Adrain Bartilotta, and Bella Bartilotta. Also surviving are nieces and nephews, Janet Lee Crow, Deborah Ann Jackson and James Jackson, Norton, Kansas.
Bernice was preceded in death by her parents, husband Raymond Morton Ellis Sr. and daughter-in-law Pamela Ellis.
Visitation for Bernice Ellis will be Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. at Harre Funeral Home, McLeansboro. Funeral services will be Sunday, September 21st at 1:00 P.M. at Harre Funeral Home with Pastors/Speakers Chuck Belcher, Jason Craddock, Charles Ellis, and Seth Ellis officiating. The door will open at 11:00 A.M. Burial will follow at Glenview Cemetery, McLeansboro, IL.
Harre Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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