Ellen M. Stinnett

Ellen M. Stinnett, 74, of Welda, Kansas passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Golden Heights Living Center. Funeral services will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 10:00 A.M., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Friends may pay their respects to Mrs. Stinnett at the mortuary after 9:00 A.M. Friday, to the service hour where the family will meet with friends from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. Friday. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. Ellen was born on Thursday, April 20, 1939 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, the daughter of Joe and Flora (Hubbard) Hyatt. Ellen was a resident of Welda since 1995, living in Ottawa from 1965 to 1995, moving from Oklahoma. She graduated from Kingfisher High School, Kingfisher, Oklahoma with the class of 1959. Ellen’s first marriage to Ray Fisher in the late 1950’s ended in divorce. She married Emmett Vermilyea on June 23, 1979; he preceded her in death on September 13, 1989. On April 15, 1995 Ellen was united in marriage with James C. “Jim” Stinnett in Welda, Kansas. He survives of their home. Other survivors include her son, Randy Fisher and wife Renee of Ottawa; step-daughter, Carmelita Filyaw and husband Charles of Dayton, Tennessee; step-son, Ted Stinnett and wife Terri of Kansas City, Missouri; step-daughter, Linda Caviness and husband David also of Kansas City, Missouri; fourteen grandchildren including, Raeann and Riley Fisher of Ottawa; eleven great grandchildren; sister, Mary Zenner of Wisconsin; brother, Joe Hyatt, Jr. of Kingfisher, Oklahoma; two nieces; and two nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; and 2nd husband, Emmett Vermilyea. Ellen worked for H. D. Lee as a seamstress in Ottawa, from the mid 1960’s to mid 1970’s; Delco Battery in assembly in Olathe, from the mid 1970’s until her retirement in 2001. She was a member of the United Auto Workers, Local 1021 of Olathe, and the Hyatt Club in Anderson County. She attended Mt. Ida Church of the Brethren in Welda. An online Guest Book is available at www.dengelmortuary.com.