ELLS - JULIA ASH - Bar Harbor

April 18, 1928




MRS. JULIA ASH ELLS




Died Sunday at Age Of 74




Mrs. Julia Ells died at her home in Davis Place on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, death coming suddenly within a few moments after she had left her breakfast table and spoken at the door with a neighbor. The news of Mrs. Ells death brought sorrow to many. She had lived her entire life in Bar Harbor, born here as were her parents before her and belonging to one of the Islands oldest families.

Mrs. Ells was the widow of Arthur E. Ells who died 25 years ago. She was before her marriage, Julia Harriet Ash, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Maria Higgins Ash. She was born in Bar Harbor on Sept. 24, 1853. She was one of a family of nine children. There are now three of that family left, all in the eighties, and those who died were 70 or over. Those now living are the two sisters, Mrs. William M. Roberts and Mrs. Adeline Higgins of Bar Harbor and the brother Orlando Ash. They too have lived all their life in Bar Harbor. Mrs. Ells children surviving are the sons, Dr. John B. Ells of Bar Harbor, Roy and S. Grant Ells of New York and the daughter Mrs. Lee Thompson of Portland. The grandchildren are; Jack Ells and Constance Ells, children of Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ells.

Mrs. Ells was a woman of kindly disposition, loved by all who knew her. She lived for many years alone in her home on Davis Place and she was a good friend and neighbor, kind to all about her and thoughtful and generous.

Funeral services were held at St. Saviour's Church on Tuesday afternoon at 2;30. Dr. William E. Patterson, rector, officiating. there were many beautiful flowers and many friends present. The burial was in the family lot at Hulls Cove. The bearers were members of George Edwin Kirk Post, American Legion, of which Mrs. Ells youngest son is one member, and were; Guy E. Torrey, Albion F. Sherman, Walter L. Leland, Seth Libby, Harris Mclean, Norman Shaw and Harold Allen.