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Ella Mae Spock
Dec. 26, 1923 — March 5, 2011
MONTROSE — Ella Mae Spock died March 5, 2011, at the age of 87. Ella Mae Hampton, the daughter of Charles Wesley and Alma Lucinda (Hays) Hampton, was born on Dec. 26, 1923, in Montrose, Colo., where she spent her childhood years and graduated from Montrose County High School in 1941. After Pearl Harbor, there was a need for stenographers in government. She took the train to Denver (her first trip to Denver) and arrived in Washington D.C. For 27 months, she worked at the Pentagon. Upon returning to Montrose, she worked for the next 13 years for DeVinny Jewelers. In 1957, she was married to John Spock. They lived in Somerset until John's death in 1961. She returned to Montrose and worked for the Department of Agriculture (Agriculture, Stabilization and Conservation Service) until her retirement in 1984. She and John were the parents of their only child, Mary Elizabeth. Ella Mae was the proud grandmother of Brandon Rossiter and Julie Boone. Although short, she had a special love for Benjamin and Hannah. Ella Mae was well known for the delicious wedding cakes she made and the receptions she catered. She enjoyed public speaking and could present a very moving Christmas program as well as tell a joke with the best of them. Ella Mae enjoyed her reading, tying quilts and working on genealogy.
Survivors who were privileged to be a part of her life include her daughter, Mary; grandson, Brandon and granddaughter, Julie; and two great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Hannah. She is survived by her sister, Mabel Gordon, and sister-in-law, Margaret Styduhar, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and their families.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; parents, Charlie and Alma; brothers, Ray Hampton, Frank Hampton, Jack Hampton; and sisters, Emma Loss and Edna Williams. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, in memory of Ella Mae Spock, P.O. Box 1804, Montrose, CO 81402. A memorial service, in celebration of Ella’s life, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 11, 2011, at Christ’s Church of the Valley, on East Main Street in Montrose. Inurnment will follow the service at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Delta, Colo. Arrangements are under the direction of Crippin Funeral Home, 802 E. Main St., Montrose, CO 81401 (970) 249-2121.
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