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A mass of Christian Burial for long-time Fallon resident Mary J. Ellison, 91, will be
celebrated Friday, 11 a.m., at St. Patrick's Catholic Church followed by interment at
the Fallon Cemetery.
Recitation of the Rosary is Thursday, 7 p.m. at Smith Family Funeral Home.
Mrs Ellison died Aug. 22, 1999 at Life Care Center of Reno.
Born March 18, 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to James Joseph and Catherine Gorman
O'Carrol, she had lived in Fallon since 1946, coming here from Golconda, Nev. She had
also lived in Winnemucca.
Mrs. Ellison had been a cook at Churchill County Hospital, a member of St. Patrick's
Catholic Church and active in the St. Patrick's Ladies Guild.
She was preceded in death by husband, Mack in 1985; brothers, Henry(Pat), Jim, Gerald,
Tom, Charles, and Jack O'Carroll; and sister, Kathleen Casey French.
Survivors include daughters, Katherine Rosevear, Shirley Engebretson and Helen Gartner,
all of Fallon; sisters-in-law, Pauline O'Carroll of Winnemecca and Audrey Stout of
California; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great-grandchildren.