Elmotis L. “Ellie” Stewart, 94, Kenney, died at 4:17 a.m. Friday (Aug. 16, 2013) at The Christian Village, Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton. Burial will be at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Kenney. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to The Christian Village, Lincoln.

She was born March 31, 1919, in Kenney, a daughter of Edmund St. Elmo Thompson and Sarah Brelsfoard Thompson. She married Howard Oscar Stewart on March 21, 1939, in Missouri. He died July 7, 2004.

She is survivied by her children, Gary Howard Stewart (Christine), Kenney; Linda (Silverman) Phillippi (LeRoy), Kenney and Paris; five grandchildren, Virginia Folkman (Jeff), Danville; Rhonda Daniels (Glen), St. Joseph; Sarah Silverman (Matthew), Urbana; Richard Stewart (Josie), Galion, Ohio; and Laura Dore’ (Steve), Houston, Texas; five great-grandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; and one sister, Niola Daily, Bloomington.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister.

She was a member of Kenney Christian Church.

Ellie worked at IAA in Bloomington before retiring in 1984. She and her husband liked going to auctions, traveling and reading.

Condolences may be made at www.calvertmemorial.com.