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Ellen M. Bryan

LODI  --   Ellen M. Bryan, age 102, died peacefully on Monday, December 15, 2014, at Our House Senior Living in Lodi. 

Ellen was born on August 15, 1912 in the Township of Lodi to Roy and Bessie (Steele) McFarlane.  Ellen graduated from Lodi High School in 1930 and from State Teachers’ College—Whitewater in 1934.  She taught commercial education for 11 years in Mosinee, Montfort and Spring Green.  In April of 1944 she married Evan L. Bryan in San Francisco during WWII.  Ellen was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary for over 60 years, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lodi for over 90 years.  Many Lodians will also remember her fondly as the helpful secretary at the Lodi Elementary School, where she worked for 17 years.    

She is survived by her daughter, Jo Ellen (Jack) Snavely; two grandsons, Jeff (Melissa) and Joel (Andrea) Snavely; and four great-grandchildren, Jolie, Evan, Clark, and Henry Snavely, other relatives and friends.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Evan.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., on Friday, December 19, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Lodi.  Burial will be at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, in Lodi.  Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.     

The Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage is assisting the family.

 

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