Barbara J. (Ellis) Murrell

HARTFORD CITY, IN Barbara J. (Ellis) Murrell, 84, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009 in Bridgewater Centre. The daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Reid) Pickard, she was born February 6, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan. She grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A homemaker, she had worked as a nurse’s aide at Parkview Nursing Home, Muncie. Barbara married Humboldt Murrell, Jr. on October 20, 1973 in Muncie. Surviving are: her husband, Humboldt; 2 sons, David and Charles Ellis; 2 daughters, Margaret Ellis and Susan (Jeff) Fisker; step-children, Linda (Charles) Butcher, Frances (John) Hunt, David (Mandy) Murrell, Scott (Sheila) Murrell, Lester (companion, Edie) Murrell and Nikki (Dee) Murrell; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, Dudley, Donald, and Bertram Pickard, a sister, Virginia Fredrickson, and a great-granddaughter. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 10 in Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., Hartford City with Rev. David Murrell, her grandson, officiating. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory, Muncie. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Waters Funeral Home. The family requests memorials be sent to Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana, 265 W. Water St., Berne, IN 46711.