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Ellen Ed.D. Obituary
03/10/1926 - 12/20/2025
Ellen Ann Tharp de Kanter, beloved mother of four children, grandmother to nine, and great-grandmother to nine, passed away on December 20, 2025, at the age of 99, leaving a void her family cannot fill. One need only look at her career to marvel at her unwavering pursuit of social justice, civil rights, and educational equity as the Director of Bilingual Education at the University of St. Thomas, College of Education. Today, her most inspiring legacy is in the student teachers she taught and who fill our classrooms.
Visitation will be held at the Earthman Southwest Funeral Home, 12555 S Kirkwood Rd., Stafford, TX 77477, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, December 29th, 2025.
Funeral services will be held at the Southminster Presbyterian Church, 2310 Brightwater Drive, Missouri City, 77259, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. A short reception will be available after the service.
Final burial services will be held at the Earthman Resthaven Cemetery, 13102 North Fwy., Houston, TX 77060, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations made to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, colorectalcancer.org.
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