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Clarence E. Ellis was born December 23, 1936 in Missouri.
He passed away at his home in Mesa, Arizona on May 30, 2025.
He was preceded in death by his wife Juanita, his son Kenneth, and his grandson Donovan.
Clarence is survived with two daughters, Judy Ann Chacon and Cheryl Ellis, and one son, Bryan Ellis, all of Mesa, Arizona, and his sister Lois Williams, of Globe Arizona. Clarence had many grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Clarence worked at the Magma Mines for 17 years. “After that” he worked as a mine inspector for the Federal Government for 20 years. He spent a lot of days at the mines in Globe, Miami; the last years of his life, he taught mine safety at his office in Mesa, Arizona.
Services will be at Bunker Chapel Mortuary in Mesa, Arizona.
The heart is never ready, the time is never right. To say goodbye to someone very dear, but a world of love and peacefulness is within reach “because” the Lord is always near.
