Arkansas United Methodists voted Saturday to allow an additional 67 congregations to disaffiliate from the denomination bringing the total number that have left in the past six months over "issues related to human sexuality" to over 100.
Arkansas United Methodists voted Saturday to allow an additional 67 congregations to disaffiliate from the denomination. Bringing the total number that have left in the past six months over issues related to human sexuality to over 100.
Arkansas United Methodists voted Saturday to allow an additional 67 congregations to disaffiliate from the denomination bringing the total number that have left in the past six months over "issues related to human sexuality" to over 100.
Arkansas United Methodists voted Saturday to allow an additional 67 congregations to disaffiliate from the denomination bringing the total number that have left in the past six months over "issues related to human sexuality" to over 100.
Marguerite ‘Peggy’ Ellis
BLUE EARTH Marguerite “Peggy” Ellis, age 90, formerly of Blue Earth, passed away Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, at Our Lady of Peace in St. Paul, Minn. Public visitation will be held 10-11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, at Patton Funeral Home. A private funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Guests are invited to watch the service live, below Peggy’s obituary at www.pattonfh.com. Burial will take place at Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth.
Peggy was born Jan. 15, 1931, in Faribault County, Minn., to Iva and Frank Dray. She grew up in Blue Earth and graduated high school in 1949. She met Roger Ellis at Ankeny’s Roller Rink, they married and started a family of seven children, being a stay-at-home mom. She was a very active member of Hope First United Methodist Church. She sang in the choir, sewed quilts, and made rugs with the Ladies Circle, and helped wherever she was needed and able. She was always ready to lend a helping hand or volunteer one or more of her child