Obituary from Urbana Daily Courier, 12/20/1935
Ely Rites to Be Saturday
Wife of Champaign Fire Chief Victim of Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Ely, 57, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mittendorfs Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Robert N . McDonald, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Champaign, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. Mrs . Ely, wife of John Ely, chief of the Champaign Fire Department, died in her home about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage, and came after an illness of only a few hours. Mrs . Ely was born In Pilot, Vermilion county, Sept . 20, 1878. She came with her parents to Urbana and attended the Urbana schools. She was married to Mr . Ely May 24, 1899, and had made her home in Champaign since that time.
Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Ira Stephens (Harriet), 1509 West Park Street, Champaign; two sisters, Mrs . Minnie M . Tipps, Baltimore, and Mrs. John H. Ford, Urbana; and two brothers, Harry C. Davis, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Charles E. Davis, Baltimore. Three children, Ross, John and Dorothy, preceded her in death. She was a member of the First Baptist church in Champaign, and has been very active in the various organizations of the church.
"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do,
I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage -
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'd look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two."
Daisy lost 3 children before their time. She was with her brother's wife Inez when she died. Poor love.
Ely Rites to Be Saturday
Wife of Champaign Fire Chief Victim of Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Ely, 57, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mittendorfs Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Robert N . McDonald, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Champaign, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. Mrs . Ely, wife of John Ely, chief of the Champaign Fire Department, died in her home about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage, and came after an illness of only a few hours. Mrs . Ely was born In Pilot, Vermilion county, Sept . 20, 1878. She came with her parents to Urbana and attended the Urbana schools. She was married to Mr . Ely May 24, 1899, and had made her home in Champaign since that time.
Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Ira Stephens (Harriet), 1509 West Park Street, Champaign; two sisters, Mrs . Minnie M . Tipps, Baltimore, and Mrs. John H. Ford, Urbana; and two brothers, Harry C. Davis, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Charles E. Davis, Baltimore. Three children, Ross, John and Dorothy, preceded her in death. She was a member of the First Baptist church in Champaign, and has been very active in the various organizations of the church.
"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do,
I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage -
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'd look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two."
Daisy lost 3 children before their time. She was with her brother's wife Inez when she died. Poor love.
Obituary from Urbana Daily Courier, 12/20/1935
Ely Rites to Be Saturday
Wife of Champaign Fire Chief Victim of Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Ely, 57, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mittendorfs Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Robert N . McDonald, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Champaign, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. Mrs . Ely, wife of John Ely, chief of the Champaign Fire Department, died in her home about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage, and came after an illness of only a few hours. Mrs . Ely was born In Pilot, Vermilion county, Sept . 20, 1878. She came with her parents to Urbana and attended the Urbana schools. She was married to Mr . Ely May 24, 1899, and had made her home in Champaign since that time.
Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Ira Stephens (Harriet), 1509 West Park Street, Champaign; two sisters, Mrs . Minnie M . Tipps, Baltimore, and Mrs. John H. Ford, Urbana; and two brothers, Harry C. Davis, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Charles E. Davis, Baltimore. Three children, Ross, John and Dorothy, preceded her in death. She was a member of the First Baptist church in Champaign, and has been very active in the various organizations of the church.
"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do,
I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage -
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'd look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two."
Daisy lost 3 children before their time. She was with her brother's wife Inez when she died. Poor love.
Ely Rites to Be Saturday
Wife of Champaign Fire Chief Victim of Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Ely, 57, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mittendorfs Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Robert N . McDonald, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Champaign, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. Mrs . Ely, wife of John Ely, chief of the Champaign Fire Department, died in her home about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage, and came after an illness of only a few hours. Mrs . Ely was born In Pilot, Vermilion county, Sept . 20, 1878. She came with her parents to Urbana and attended the Urbana schools. She was married to Mr . Ely May 24, 1899, and had made her home in Champaign since that time.
Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Ira Stephens (Harriet), 1509 West Park Street, Champaign; two sisters, Mrs . Minnie M . Tipps, Baltimore, and Mrs. John H. Ford, Urbana; and two brothers, Harry C. Davis, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Charles E. Davis, Baltimore. Three children, Ross, John and Dorothy, preceded her in death. She was a member of the First Baptist church in Champaign, and has been very active in the various organizations of the church.
"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do,
I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage -
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'd look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two."
Daisy lost 3 children before their time. She was with her brother's wife Inez when she died. Poor love.
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