Evelyn A. Welles Ellithorpe, 66, of Mystic died Thursday, November 22, 2018 at her home. She is survived by her beloved husband of 45 years, Richard A. Ellithorpe.
She was born in Mystic on July 7, 1952, the daughter of Gertrude E. and the late Albert W. Welles.
Evelyn grew up in Mystic and attended local schools, graduating from Fitch Senior High School. She graduated from TN Technical College with a Bachelors Degree in Biology and then went on to earn her BSN from Austin Peay in Tennessee. She worked as shift supervisor of the neonatal unit of the Florence A. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell, KY and loved taking care of the infants and children of service members.
She was a member of Central Chapel United Methodist Church in Woodlawn TN and Second Baptist Church Fellowship in North Stonington.
She tended many animals; her donkey Elvis, chickens, goats, her cow Dolly, her dog Minnie Pearl and many cats, and her two pigs, Gert and Bill, fondly named after her parents.
In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by her four children, Chad, Joshua and Jonathan Ellithorpe all of Clarkville TN and Jeremy Ellithorpe of Orlando FL and 6 grandchildren. She is also survived by her two brothers, Peter and William Welles, both of Mystic.
A Funeral Service will be conducted on Saturday, December 1, at 11:00am at Second Baptist Church of North Stonington, 12 Stillman Road in North Stonington. Burial will be private for the family. Donations in her memory may be made to Second Baptist Church of North Stonington.
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