Athens Anna Lee "Ann" Ellis, 92, devoted wife to Mack O'Dell Ellis for more than 70 years, and selfless mother to eleven children, entered into eternal rest at her Hilton Head Island home on Wednesday, August 14 surrounded by family. Ann was born on Christmas Eve, 1931 in Highland, Illinois to Fredericka Kapp Walter and Louis Walter. She was the youngest of three girls but always claimed she was her dad's "boy". He took her squirrel hunting, mushroom hunting, and had her work alongside him in their garden. While attending nursing school in St. Louis, Ann met Mack who was stationed at Scott AFB. After marrying on August 29, 1953, they lived in Washington, DC, Norfolk, VA, Cincinnati, and Athens, OH. After Mack retired from the FBI, they were avid world travelers before settling in Hilton Head. Ann was a loving and caring mother to eleven children: Daniel (Kathy) Ellis, Diane (Richard) Cryder, Linda (David) Coffin, Michael (Andrea) Ellis, Steven (Traci) Ellis, Craig (Teresa) Ellis, Thom

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