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Submitted: 2/25/22 • Approved: 2/25/22 • Last Updated: 2/25/22 • R13389-G13388
Ella
September 8, 1931 - August 17, 1994
Obituary
Ella Mae VanHoose Ratliff, 62, died Wednesday, August 17, at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Ratliff was born September 8, 1931, the daughter of the late Earl VanHoose and Ethel Taylor. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leander Ratliff on August 28, 1984. Surviving are three sons, Edward Lee, Charlie and Billy Ratliff, all of Denver; six daughters, Mae Horn, Brenda J. Spears, Linda Faye Blair and Leona Hannah, all of Denver, and Glenna Pennington and Wanda Blair, both of Leander; four brothers, James R. Virgil and Harry VanHoose, all of Thealka, and Lifis VanHoose of Denver; four sisters, Nellie Lyons of Marion, OH, Betty Jeffery and Maxine VanHoose, all of West Virginia and Christina VanHoose of Thealka; and 21 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 20 at Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel with Melvin Blanton and Hobert Meade officiating. Burial was in Ratliff Cemetery at Denver
Contributed on 2/25/22 by lblblair74
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