Mary M. "Peg" Ellis, 78, of Dayton, died at 10:52 a.m. Aug. 12, 2006, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton.

She was born May 25, 1928, in Macedon, to Harry and Dillie Carmack McDowell. On Nov. 1, 1947, she married Kenneth Ellis, who died Jan. 4, 1984.

Survivors are a son, Jeffery, Dayton; two daughters, Jenny (Dale) Moore, Waynesville, and Jackie Shannon, Dayton; a brother, Lester (Lola) McDowell, Celina; two sisters, Hazel Wycuff and Margaret Roebuck, both of Coldwater; a sister-in-law, Bernice McDowell, Fort Recovery; and two grandchildren.

Deceased are two brothers, Carl and Bill McDowell.

She was a 1945 graduate of Fort Recovery High School and a member of the Church of Nazarene, Dayton.

Services are 10:30 am. Wednesday at Brockman & Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, the Rev. Roy Hall officiating. Burial is at Macedon Cemetery, west of Coldwater.

Calling is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30 -10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Contributions can be made to Macedon Congregational Christian Church.