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MARION (CRICKET)LORRAINE ELLIS

February 5, 2013

Marion (Cricket) Lorraine Ellis (Mathias),75. with the Lord on Tues.,Feb 5, 2013. Born in Trafford, Pa.,Dec.4,1937, she lived in Lee County off and on since 1959.

Survived by her 3 children, Dan (Bernie) Grant, Tim Grant and Tonya (James) Moss; her 5 grandchildren, Trina, Joshua, Bryan, Trisha and James lll; and her 10 great grandchildren. Also survived by her brothers Jesse and Billy Mathias, her sister Linda, and 20 nieces and nephews.

Cricket loved fishing and camping. Her quick wit and unique talent for bringing humor to any situation will be greatly missed.

We love you MOM!

Published by The News-Press from Mar. 1 to Mar. 3, 2013.
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Hi Sis, Its been awhile since Ive talked to you. I love & miss you!
All my love, your sister Linda

Linda Mathias

Sister

January 9, 2020

Linda

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April 19, 2018

Linda

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April 19, 2018

Linda

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April 19, 2018

Linda

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April 19, 2018

Hey sis.... I miss you!....

Linda

Sister

April 19, 2018

I love and miss you....

Linda

August 15, 2016

Hi Sis.....
I love and miss you.....Thinking of you today.....Im in Oklahoma and getting ready to help move my BFF karen back to Florida.....She talks about you all the time too.....you were a true friend to her also.....Regardless I wish I had you here soon I could call you up and talk like we aways did.....
All my love, Linda

Linda

August 4, 2016

Linda

July 4, 2016

Linda

July 1, 2016

Linda

July 1, 2016

Linda

June 21, 2016

Linda

June 13, 2016

Linda

June 11, 2016

Hi Sis,
love and miss you....

Linda

April 5, 2016

Love and miss you!

linda

March 31, 2016

Happy turkey day 2016 !!!!....That's what you would say to me when you called me every year!!....I miss your calls to me on these holiday times.....I love and miss you....
all my love, your sis

Linda

November 26, 2015

hi Sis
My birthday is tomorrow....You never forgot to call me on my birthday,,,I miss that!!!!.....Remember when I told you I was giving my birthday to you....LOL....I love and miss my sis....I'M ALMOST 70....Im getting older...and honestly I feel it!!!....I miss you soooo much....I just wish I could talk to you one more time...but one day we will meet again.....I love you!....tell mom and dad hello and that I love them...plus Tommy,Jimmy and Patty....and all of our friends and Family.....
Love you sis
all my love, Linda

Linda

October 30, 2015

Hi Sis,
It seems like your still here with us.....But then I realize that you are with your Jehovah...I love you and miss you soooooo much!!!.

Linda your sister

October 27, 2015

Thinking of you!

Linda

October 6, 2015

Thinking of you!

Linda

September 1, 2015

Good Morning Sis,
I was thinking about you this morning...Like I do everyday....I love and miss you!
I went to the doctors yesterday and had to have another test done with blood work on cancer...I'm still having a few problems yet...and on the way home I stopped to see Billy...He's doing pretty good....I had a great visit with him and stayed a few hours....great memories!!....we talked about soooo many things...I really enjoyed my visit alone with him...brother and sister bonding and talking about old times...I'm getting ready to go to Oklahoma soon...after my doctor visits...I sent a photo to Tonya with one of your flowers that you had in your yard that she gave me....they are beautiful....plus I wished her Happy Birthday.....you are soooo missed by a lot of people.....I did get your fig tree too and it's growing soooo beautiful....I love looking at the plants that was yours....I guess I'll talk to you another time another day!....
Sad thing is....I know your not reading my notes and I'm really just talking to myself....LOL...I guess that comes with old age doesn't it???....Just know I love and miss you!
your sister, Linda

Linda

July 31, 2015

miss you.....

Linda

July 24, 2015

Love and Miss you!

Linda

June 11, 2015

Good morning Sis,
Thinking of you and wishing you were here.....I'm doing okay...not great but trying as much as possible....miss you and love you deeply!
my roses are for you!
much love, your sis

Linda

June 9, 2015

hi sis....
It's May 2015 and I sure miss you soooo deeply....I have went through colon cancer, breast biopsy and removed cyst...eye surgery....and I'm not complaining but I sure wish you were here for me to see you....I now feel all the pain and hurting you went through....Timmy is now with you....I'm sure you know.....when I pass by your street it just puts beautiful memories plus the sadness of missing you....but your in such a beautiful place right now and I can only know that the time will be that we will meet again.....I'm almost 70 now and I know how you felt with everyone around you gone....I get it.....just know that my love for you and all the beautiful memories I have of us.....just know I think of you daily with all my heart.... much love, your sister

lINDA

May 18, 2015

Linda

November 1, 2014

Lorraine,
Your sister loves you and misses you!

Linda

October 26, 2014

Thinking of you!
Love you deeply

Linda

October 20, 2014

Thinking of you.....It's October and getting close to fall with the leaves changing...also my birthday soon.....of course I'm getting to the point birthdays mean nothing to me anymore...well to be honest birthdays have not meant anything to me for over 10+ years...but you always called me to say "happy birthday" to me..... I would tease you and say it's not my birthday because I gave it to you....we did have precious moments.....and then your birthday was several months after on Dec 4th...I miss you...I just never knew how much....Billy's birthday is between you and me....then of course Jesse's in February...you left us on the 5th of February and Jesse's birthday on the 12th...I'm getting ready to have two more surgeries soon...I wish I had you here...I love and miss you sweet sister..as always....Linda

Linda

October 7, 2014

Thinking of you!
Love Linda

Linda

September 26, 2014

thinking of you as always.......miss you sooooooo much!

All my Love, your sister



All my Love, your sister

Linda

September 20, 2014

Thinking of you.....All my Love,Linda

Linda

September 7, 2014

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not unto thy own understanding....in ALL ways acknowledge him and he will direct thy paths

Linda

June 25, 2014

Lorraine,
Your sis misses you sooooo much....I think about you all the time!...I wish I had you here on earth soooo I could call you up and hear your voice...and when I'm in Florida...come see you....there are soooo many things I want to say to you and I really don't even know where to start..I went through a lot last year and this year with my health...I'm sureee you already see/know everything I'm saying from where you are (WATCHING OVER US...)but I just needed to talk to you...I guess people do not realize how precious life is until they lose someone they deeply love....people take people for granted...thinking everyone lives forever....I really try not to do that but I'm sure I am as guilty as the next one....even with the health problems I'm having....you just never know...Jamie passed a month ago and has come to you also.....It is soooo sad for Tonya
but she must have comfort knowing he is with you!.....I know your faith was soooo strong and I admired you for that along with your knowledge...remember how we would joke with each other saying how smart the Mathias's were....I went to see Jesse before I left Fla just to be close to him, as my brother...I also saw Billy a lot because he took me to and from hospital for my surgeries...I just cherish all the visits with both of them...I love them deeply...Amy is expecting her 3rd child soooo I'm going to be grandma again....there is nothing in the world "like being a grandma"...you and I always said that didn't we....it is still very difficult for me to pass through east Fort Myers because I miss you soo much but the good memories help me...your plants have been replanted in the Florida home and are growing sooo beautiful...I know your smiling on that....I will write more soon....all my love forever.....your sis

Linda

June 24, 2014

Linda

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Linda

May 24, 2014

Linda

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Linda

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March 24, 2014

Linda Mathias

March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014

Hi sis,
I'm really thinking about you tonight!.... Your on my mind a lot lately... I have mentioned your name on several Occasions about things we did when we were young and on some things you & i talked about!....I found photos of us and even all the rest of us kids.... One photo was when you were holding me in your arms....you were around 10 yrs old and I was a baby... I miss our good talks & laughs.... I miss talking to you about just everything...... I have the little gifts you gave me over the years and I cherish them... The coffee cup, back scratcher, the Xmas villages, and the gift you gave me the most was revo my dog... She was soooo deeply loved and I lost her to dog heaven just 6 mos before you left us... I miss her soooo much too!.... I loved her sooo much... I hurt for her too!.... I loved you soooo much for giving me revo..... She was my sweet baby girl.... I just wanted to tell you... That your missed deeply n loved!
I'll talk later to you... All my love, your sister

Linda

February 18, 2014

Linda

February 8, 2014

Hi Sis,
I just wanted to talk to you today....If you were here I would be at your home today!...I miss you soooo much....words can not express the loss I feel for you....but I know you are with your friends and family!....I remember you telling me all your friends were gone and you missed them.....so now your have them with you......plus you have your family....I guess when family and friends miss you....we are just being selfish because we want you with us.....but you are with your "JEHOVAH" and his angels....you are out of pain now because I knew you were in pain soooo much!....I went to the doctors the other day and I wish I had you to talk too about it.....It's been over a year and I still haven't cried about you....maybe I'm keeping it in or I know your happy now and with no pain....I cherish all the things you have given to me over the years and I'm going to pass them down to the girls....I have such great memories of us and things we did together....Tell Mom,
Dad & Jimmy "hello" for me....I love you sweet sister!
all my love.....

Linda Mathias

February 8, 2014

ITS BEEN A YEAR AND A DAY. I DIDNT HAVE BAD DAY,BECAUSE YOUR IN MY HEART,AND I HAVE A GREAT BROTHERS AND KIDS THAT ARE THERE FOR EACH OTHER.I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU.ITS NOT THE SAME WITH OUT YOU,BUT YOUR ALL AROUND ALL OF US. THERE ARE ANGELS GOD PUTS ON THIS EARTH WHO CARE FOR AND GUIDE US.YOU CAN FEEL THEIR LOVE AND GENTLENESSAS THEY WALK THROUGH LIFE BESIDE US. THEY DO GREAT THINGS FOR US EVERY DAY THEY WHISPER IN OUR EARS, THEY EVEN HOLD US IN THEIR HEARTS WHEN WE ARE FILLED WITH ALL OUR FEARS. THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE TO GIVE A HUG AND TRY TO MAKE US SMILE. THEY TREAT US WITH RESPECT AND LOVE, THEY TREAT US LIKE THEIR CHILD. GOD BLESSED ME WITH AN ANGEL, IM PROUD TO CALL MY OWN. SHES BEEN WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE,BEEN WITH ME AS IVE GROWN. SHES GUIDED ME THE BEST SHE CAN,SHES TAUGHT ME LIKE NO OTHER,AND IM THANKFUL IM THE LUCKY ONE WHO GETS TO CALL HER....MOTHER. LOVE YOU ALL

Tonya Moss

February 6, 2014

Grandma.... You were such a strong woman, a very good positive force in my life. Even before you passed, I would always tell people that you were the one who made me who I am today, and that's not changing any time soon... I loved you with all my heart Grandma, and you'll always be there. There's so many memories I have of being with you, so many useful things you taught me; you always told me to try and learn something new every day of your life, and I still tell my children (and anybody else that I think needs that advice) the same thing, because just like everything else I learned from you, from how to act and how to talk, and how to listen, and how to sit still, and to sing anyway even if you can't sing a lick :-D it's all very useful advice, the main lesson to take away from all of it was to enjoy your life, and the timelessness of your lessons will enrich the lives of many people for many generations to come... I love you Grandma, and that will never change

Joshua Bolden

February 6, 2014

Gma I miss you soo much. I wish you were here so I can hug and kiss you. I miss hearing your voice and your smell. Just know that you are deeply loved. And forever touched those that knew you. You are apart of me everyday. And I am so grateful that I had such a strong woman as you as an inspiration. You will live through all of us. I love you grandma. I know you are here. Miss you so much. MUAH!

Trisha Moss

February 5, 2014

Hey sis
I was looking at your plants today.... They are doing beautiful... The tulips are blooming soooo beautiful.... Im taking care of all your beautiful plants......I think of you soooo often.... I miss you!..... You are missed sooooo deeply.... I miss your smile and your knowledge on soooo many different things.... Sis, you were soooo smart.... You always had answers or solutions for things... Sis , I love you and miss you soooo much.... All my love, your Sis

PS it's going to be almost a year of losing you..... I love you!

Linda Mathias

January 14, 2014

Linda Mathias

December 12, 2013

Lorraine, my sweet sister... Everyday you are in my thoughts and I miss you more & more ....you have touched sooo many hearts and you are missed deeply!
I love you deeply, your sister with love,

Linda Mathias

December 12, 2013

Lorraine, my sweet beautiful sister~ I miss you sooooo deeply!
I'm keeping you close to my heart always with your plants that I'm taking care of and this lighted candle!

Linda Mathias

March 23, 2013

Cricket aka(grandma), You will surely be missed. Aaron sends big hugs in kisses. I know God needed his angel home, just wish u could of stayed longer.... Ur an awesome woman.. We love you,

Lee Sloan

March 23, 2013

Mom;i still fill your love I miss you till we meet agin. Ipray the lord will bring you and all thepeople you love back togeather in the next system of things.Love your son Tim.

March 22, 2013

Forever ~ Will I miss my Aunt Cricket! Just to her voice alone, would cheer me up on a gloomy day! She had a special gift of turning bad situations and circumstances into life lessons, with a lot of laughter in between. There isn't a childhood memory of mine w/o her in it. That makes me smile because those memories, that I am blessed to always hold dear to my heart. In my heart, they will always remain. When I miss her I go to those special memories & I smile again, as I know she would want me too! I love you Aunt Cricket <3 I hope to become half of the women you were. The strongest women I have ever known. <3

Amy Makosky Girth

March 5, 2013

Forever I will truly miss my older sister. Her love of life taught me more than I will ever understand. ....She believed that you get more than you give when you give more than you get!
Until we meet again....Linda

Linda Mathias

March 1, 2013

You always brought a warm and happy smile to my heart... Go with God.

Karen Howard

March 1, 2013

If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again!

I thought about you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before too! I think of you in silence, I often speak your name, All I have is memories and a photo in a frame, Your memory is a keepsake from which I'll never part, GOD has you in his arms, I have you in my heart....I love you and miss you sister. Sincerely, your loving sister Linda

Linda Mathias

March 1, 2013

She'll forever be in your heart. Let the memories bring you comfort.

Stacie Sherman

March 1, 2013

I miss you so much and love you I know you are with are father. I have a big whole in my heart.

Tonya and Jamie Moss

March 1, 2013

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