Follett, Ellen Mrs. Obituary

Follett, Ellen Mrs. attended Fairmont West 63-83 High School in Kettering, OH. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Follett, Ellen Mrs..

Graduation Year	Faculty
Date of Passing	Nov 12, 2021
About	(English, Ski Club Advisor) Ellen R. Follett died peacefully at home in Lakeland, Florida on November 12, 2021, twenty-five days after her 103rd birthday. Born in Hammond, Wisconsin on October 18, 1918 to William and Jane (Rand) Rittenburg, she was predeceased by her son, Donald Follett (2007), husband, Archie Follett (2008), and daughter in-law, Vicki Follett (2021). She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Sally Follett, of Pasadena, California; two daughters, Peggie Decker and her husband, Dwight, of Tampa, Florida; Anne Follett-Hogshead and her husband, Preston, of Strafford, New Hampshire; and son, John Follett, of Smithsburg, Maryland. She is also survived by thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. Ellen earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Eastern Nazarene College (1941) and a Master of Education degree from Boston University (1943). She taught high school English in Ohio for thirteen years but was much more than an English teacher. She taught life lessons every day by being an example. She saw the good in everyone. She was genuinely thankful. She was kind, trusted, and praised and loved God. She was very involved in her church, and through the years taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, was active in the Dare to Care Ministry and missions. After retiring to Florida in 1979, she and Archie traveled around the world seven times during the next thirty years. They were volunteer missionaries to South Africa, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Switzerland.

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Gregory Goodman '70 said:

I remember Mrs. Follet for her love and command of the English language. I struggled as a writer before I had her for a teacher. She inspired me to be a better person and to not be afraid to write. Greg Goodman Class of 1970

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