Joan (LeClare) Ellis loving wife, mother, grandmother and caregiver, passed away peacefully on July 16 at Volante of Hamilton in Robbinsville, NJ. Born in New York City on July 17, 1939, Joan grew up in Jamesburg, NJ and graduated from St. Peter’s High School in New Brunswick. She was the school nurse at Merchantville Elementary School for over 20 years. She is survived by her daughters, Joanna Ellis and Mary Hall (Kristopher); grandchildren Ethan
and Audrey Hall; sister, Celeste Verzella (Robert); and many nieces and nephews. She and her husband, Ray, were avid patrons of the theatre, local restaurants, and traveled both locally and abroad. Joan especially enjoyed trips up and down the East Coast including Cape May, St. Michaels, and New Smyrna Beach, Florida, where the family spent summers since the 1980s. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral Mass Thursday, July 24 at 10:30AM, at St. Stephen’s Church, 6306 Browning Road, Pennsauken, NJ. Viewings will be held Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00PM and Thursday morning from 9:00-10:00AM at the Alloway Funeral Home, 315 E. Maple Avenue, Merchantville, NJ. Full obituary.