Arnold G. Ellis
Courtesy of  Cindy Ellis

Arnold G. Ellis Dies in Jasper Hospital Monday
Springs Valley Herald, French Lick, Indiana
March 8, 1956
Arnold G. Ellis, 51, prominent farmer of this community, died at 4:45 o'clock Monday morning at the Jasper hospital after less than two weeks illness of cancer of the liver and lung.
Ellis, who started farming here in 1933, was one of the best known and most progressive farmers in Orange County. He was a member of the county soil conservation committee and of the Farm Credit association of Huntingburg for eight years.
He was equally well known for his church work and was chairman of the board of Ames Chapel Methodist church near here.
Besides his farm work, he also was local sales representative of a national feed company.
He was a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Music and in his earlier life was well known as a pianist and recently had appeared on a number of radio stations in Southern Indiana as a pianist.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Ellis; his mother, Mrs. Amanda Ellis; a son, Tommy Ellis of West Baden; a daughter, Miss Sally Ellis of Indianapolis; a brother, Frank Ellis, a sister, Miss Rose Ellis, both of Indianapolis, and one grandson.
The body was taken to the Schmutzler funeral home, where it remained until Tuesday morning when it was taken home until time for funeral services at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Ames Chapel church. Burial was in the church cemetery.