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Oracle Observations were written by Cecilia Sutton and published in the 1960s in the San Manuel Miner.
, born Aug. 7, 1920 in Rapid City, SD, the daughter of Elmer and Charlotte May (Hull) Ellis, passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, CO on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 at the age of 95.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Mountain View Community Church (formerly known as First Southern Baptist Church of Oracle), 1175 N. Appleton Drive, Oracle, AZ. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Interment will follow the funeral services at the Oracle Cemetery. Refreshments will be served at the Mountain View Community Church Hall. If attending her services, please honor her love of life by wearing her favorite color green; the color of life, renewal, energy and nature.
Surviving Cecilia are her children, Carol (Mike) Herndon, Ellis “Gail” Sutton, and Glenna (Bob) Smith; eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. Preceding Cecilia in death were her husband, Burton Charles Sutton; and her brother, Jason Ellis.
Cecilia attended Black Hills Teachers College for three years when World War II broke out. She almost joined the Coast Guard, but instead worked at the Seattle Port of Embarkation. After the war ended, she returned home where she met a good looking young bronc rider named Burton at the Belle Fourche Round-Up. A year later they were married. They lived on a ranch in Wyoming for three years, and later in Lead, South Dakota, before moving to San Manuel, AZ in 1955, and later to Oracle, AZ.
Cecilia was active with the Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Rainbow Girls, 4-H, PTA, Eastern Star, and many other community organizations.
During the mid- to late-1960s, Cecilia was a frequent columnist in theSan Manuel Miner,writing a column called “Oracle Observations.”
Should you choose to honor her love of animals, donations can be made in her name to Rethink Rescue by visiting: https://www.gofundme.com/ds3ncbvw.
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