Dale Ellis, an 82 year old Trenton, MO resident, passed away at 1:50 p.m., Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Eastview Manor Care Center in Trenton.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Whitaker Eads Funeral Home in Trenton.  Burial will follow at the Bethel Cemetery near Pattonsburg, MO.  Open visitation begins Friday morning at the funeral home with the family greeting visitors for 9:30 until service time Saturday.  Memorial donations are suggested to Coon Creek Baptist Church and may be left with the funeral home.
James Dale Ellis was born March 21, 1933 in McFall, MO to Lewis Allen and Alice L. Ellis.  He graduated from Pattonsburg High School the class of 1953 He then lived in Gallatin, MO for 25 years before moving to Trenton in 2001.  Dale was a member of the Coon Creek Union Grove Baptist Church and a two time president of the L.I.O.N.S. club in Winston, MO
Surviving relatives include his son Daniel Ellis and his wife Kimberly of Trenton, a daughter Jeannie Jones and her husband Jackson of Savannah, MO, a brother Carl Ellis and his wife Emily of Stanberry, MO, a sister Mary Bubb of Creston, IA, and grandchildren Landon and Hannah Ellis and Maesyn and Rylee Jones.
Those preceding him in death include his parents and a brother Junior Ellis.