Ellen M. Reed-Smith

1935 - 2021

Ellen Mae (Frush) Reed-Smith, 86, of rural Fulton County, passed away Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:55 a.m. at her residence.

On Jan. 3, 1935 in Warsaw she was born to Robert Frush and Princess Marie (Rathbum) Frush. Ellen had lived most of her life in Marshall County.

On May 14, 1955 in Warsaw she married Thomas R. Reed. They shared the next 48 years before he passed in 2003. On Jan. 26, 2008 at the Walnut Church of the Brethren she married Donald E. Smith.

Ellen was an abstractor working for First Federal Savings Bank as an escrow processor until her retirement in 1997.

She was a member of the Walnut Church of the Brethren. Ellen served with the Gideons International, for which she was Indiana president of Gideons Auxiliary. She served many years as a 4-H leader in Fulton County and always enjoyed the sheep project. Ellen was a graduate of Warsaw High School with the class of 1952.

Ellen is survived by her husband Donald Smith, Rochester; daughter Cheryl Lynn Leininger of Merrill, Wisc.; son Robert L. Reed and wife Jamie of Plymouth; grandchildren Aaron Leininger, Seth Leininger and Latosha Reed; three great-grandchildren; and brother James Frush and wife Charlene, Sanatobia, Miss.

She is preceded in death by her: Parents, Husband – Thomas Reed

Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, from 4-8 p.m. at Walnut Church of the Brethren, 5975 19th Road, Argos.

Funeral service will be Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, at 10 a.m. at the church with Rev. Robert E. Rice Jr. Burial will follow at the Walnut Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Argos.

Arrangements have been entrusted with the Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.