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Edwin Charles Ellis

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Edwin Charles Ellis, 89, of Warrensburg, Mo., died on Tuesday, December 26, 2006, at his home. He was born May 29, 1917, in Iowa City, Iowa, to parents Howard Theodore and Wilhelmina Amelia Louise (Wachs) Ellis. On August 3, 1942, he married Shirley Viola Johnson in Iowa City, Iowa. She preceded...

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Sorry to hear about your Dad & my Uncle. Just found out today when my son discovered the obituary in the College Alumni news. We are still in Lees Summit if you are every in the area.

Thirty years ago in Warrensburg Missouri... I walked into a back office of the CMSU Art Department on the 3rd floor of Grindstead... nervous and excited about meeting "Mr. Ellis." Here I was a young woman from the sticks of Leadwood Missouri and never even heard of this university until Mr. Postlewait came to Mineral Area College and recruited me a few months earlier. Now I was offering my portfolio for an art scholarship. Through a ton of questions...long pauses and few "Hmmm"s Mr. Ellis...