Joan Losty Ellis
March 28, 1939 - April 10, 2017

Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions Graveside Service Oakland Cemetery 800 N. Hyatt St Monticello ,  AR 71655 4/11/2017 at 4:00 p.m. Map & Directions   Oakland Cemetery 800 North Hyatt St. Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions

Joan Losty Ellis, age 78 of Monticello, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017. She was born March 28, 1939 in Holyoke, Massachusetts to the late Russell Losty and Rita Benoit Losty.

She was a retired Registered Nurse, receiving her degree in Nursing in Holyoke, MA. She was an RN for 39 years, an Administrator at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home in Monticello and was a Director of Nursing at Drew Memorial Hospital as well as in Searcy, AR at White County Hospital. She delivered many babies and saved many lives during her nursing career. She was a genealogist, a seamstress, an accomplished pianist and provided her talent at Calvary Baptist Church in Heber Springs, AR. She enjoyed many crafts and was a good interior designer. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend to many. She deeply loved people and influenced many lives. Joan will be missed by her family and friends. Most important, she was a Christian who loved and served the Lord.

Survivors include three sons, Tommie Ellis, James Ellis and wife Beverly Crouch Ellis and Mark Ellis, all of Monticello; two daughters, Sharon Ellis of Florida and Amber Ellis of Monticello; two brothers, James Losty and Tom Losty of Massachusetts; one sister, Teresa Losty of Massachusetts; six grandchildren, Jeremy Ellis, Marisa and Domonique Alexander, Thomas Ellis and wife Skylar Henry Ellis, Heather Ellis, Max Ellis and Madison English; three great-grandchildren, Ryan, Zackery and Landon.


Graveside service will be 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Oakland Cemetery. Arrangements by Stephenson-Dearman. Online guestbook www.stephensondearman.com.