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January 17, 1918
Merced Evening Star
A PROMINENT CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
J. A. Ellis, died at Sacramento yesterday at 1030 a. m. Mr. Ellis went to
Sacramento a few days ago to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Young, and
while there was taken ill, rendering it impossible to remove him. He had
been complaining lately but it was not considered he was in a serious
condition, being fully able to attend to his duties as auditor of the Y. V. R.
R. The immediate cause of death was Brights disease. Mr. Ellis cam to
Merced thirteen years ago, at the time of the building of the Yosemite
Valley railroad, as secretary to the company, and at the completion of the
road was made auditor, which position he held up to the time of his death.
Mr. Ellis was a public spirited man and always took a leading part in
matters pertaining to the advancement of Merced. Besides many friends he
leaves a wife and two daughters, Marian and Ruth, who reside in Merced,
and a brother, Milton Ellis of San Francisco, to mourn his loss. He was a
native of San Francisco and aged about 46 years, a member of Merced
Lodge I. 0. 0. F., Yosemite Lodge, F. & A. M., and Yosemite parlor, N. S. G. W.
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