Edward W Ellis

Edward W. Ellis Jr. CHICAGO, Illinois -- Edward W. Ellis Jr., transitioned from mortal to immortality at Loyola Medical Center, Sunday, March 15, 2015. Edward W. Ellis Jr. was born March 17, 1974, to the union of the late Edward W. Ellis Sr. and Delores Ellis in Chicago, Illinois. He accepted Christ as his personal Savior and was baptized under the leadership of the late Rev. G.W. Conner. While at Northern Iowa, he met the love of his life, Emilee Bedenbender. They were united in matrimony August 7, 1999. God blessed their union with two wonderful sons, Ezekiel and Malachi. He was God's family man who loved his wife and his sons. He was employed by Lutheran Services, Muscatine Community College, and the Muscatine School System. He also Pastored the Connection Muscatine Campus a year and a half. He will be remembered by his loving wife, Emilee; his two sons, Ezekiel and Malachi; his mother, Delores Ellis-Hinton; one sister, Chariti Yvette; two brothers, William Maurice and Robert Owen; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Larry and Cathy Bedenbender; two brothers-in-law, Bill and wife, Trisha, and Joshua; one sister-in-law, Betsy; two uncles, Rev. Labarin Williams Sr. an...[more]

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ife, Anita, and Rev. Desmond Williams and wife, Zandra; his God-uncle, Elder Arvell Neal; seven nephews; two nieces; and a host of other relatives and friends.