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Mr. Ellsworth was born in
Santa Paula, California to Otto and Mary Jane
Ellsworth. His father was a petroleum engineer. His Mother and
Father
met on a ship going to India during World War II. They were married in
India
and have many adventurous stories.
Interest: He loved football and wrestling in high school.
Also hunting was a big part of his family’s life back when
you could easily get a deer tag and not too hard to get an
elk tag. Chucker were a favorite along with any other bird
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When Mr. Ellsworth was in Kindergarten his
three older brothers, two younger sisters
along with their parents moved to
Thailand for three years. They had many exciting adventures there.
The family lived where they could have many kinds of animals
including a porcupine, bear, monkeys, gibbons, barking deer, parrot,
lizards of all sizes, anteater, turtles and more common animals like
sheep, dogs, Mongolian ponies and rabbits. There were no pet snakes
but the dangerous ones were cleared out of the yard by the two
oldest siblings each day. In the neighborhood were elephants (to
ride sometimes), water buffalo and other exotic animals. |
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After three years in Thailand the family
moved home to California for a year and then to Parma,
Idaho. On the way home the family toured for three months
through India, Jordan, Egypt and European countries. They
then traveled from England to New York City and across the
United States. |
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In 1973 Mr. Ellsworth
was called on a mission for his church to the Southeast Asia Mission
based out of Singapore. It was an English Speaking Mission
to his relieve. After three weeks in Singapore he was sent
to Jakarta, Indonesia where he had to learn Indonesian. He
moved from Jakarta to Bogor, then to Malang, and finally to
Solo. When his mission was
finished he traveled home visiting Singapore for a few
weeks, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii, San Francisco,
and finally home to Boise. |
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A few weeks after his return he was engaged to Gaylene Steele in June and married in
the
Logan, Utah temple in December. They started out their married life in
Burley, Idaho where Gaylene taught school for a year and Mr. Ellsworth was a
well drilling assistant. He went into officer training and they
moved
to Boise. He and Gaylene ran a U-Serve gas station while Mr. Ellsworth went
to
school, finished officer school and was a scout leader. Gaylene,
their
new son
William and Mr. Ellsworth went to Fort Knox Kentucky for Armor
Officer Training in
1978. By the time he graduated from college in December of 1979 Mary
Jane, and LaRae were born into his young family. He subbed for half
a
year and got a job in Adrian in 1980. Tarek, Vaughn, Susannah,
Clara,
Lillie and George came along. Mr. Ellsworth finished out his
Military career as
a Major after being a platoon leader, XO, Company Commander,
Squadron
S4, Regimental RREO and range control officer along with training
through out the country. He became the K-8 principal for Adrian in
1999.
He also coaches Middle School football and has had other coaching
assignments. He thinks Adrian is a great place to live and work. |
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AMS Staff | Mr.Ellsworth | (541) 372-2337 |
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