Mrs. Glenda Faye Ellis, 65, of Granby, Missouri departed this life on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Mercy Medical Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa after a sudden illness while on vacation. Glenda entered this life on July 17, 1946 in Carthage, Missouri born to the union of the late Otto and Ruby (Soard) Lee. She was raised in Reeds, Missouri and was a 1964 graduate of Sarcoxie High School. She was employed for over twenty-six years for Safeway Cheese in Carthage, Missouri and was currently a rural mail carrier for the Reeds postal route, a position she has held for the last thirteen years. She enjoyed working in her flowerbeds, caring for her animals and spending time with her family. Glenda is survived by her two sons, Doyle Ellis and Donnie Ellis and wife, Betty, all of Reeds, Missouri; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Sharon Ellis of Wyandotte, Oklahoma, Sandy Replogle of Carthage, Missouri and Joyce Ellis of Reeds, Missouri; her companion, Jerry Dalton of the home and his family, Jimmy, Billy, Jackie and Tammy Dalton and Jerry's six grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Ellis are 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 20, 2011 in the chapel of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Pastor Denny Kruse officiating. Burial will follow in the Reeds Cemetery. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Rodney Ellis, Jerry Ellis, I, Jerry Ellis, II, Dave Koons, Leslie Parrigon and Dick Replogle. The family will receive friends on Monday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.