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Crookston - Clarence R. Ellis, 91, of Crookston, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Pioneer Memorial Care Center, Erskine, where he had resided in the memory care unit for two years.

Clarence was born October 2, 1926 in Clearbrook, to Kenny and Petra Ellis. He attended Clearbrook schools and graduated high school in 1945. He played football.

In 1946 he married his high school sweetheart, Myrtle Staehnke. They resided in St. Paul and Greenbush and moved to Salol in 1951, where Clarence managed the grain elevator for 23 years. In 1974 he and Myrtle moved to Crookston where he was an are...