Obituary - William B. Ellis

Thursday, March 1, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Former Coast Guard Adm. William B. Ellis, who served in Juneau and Ketchikan, died Feb. 5, 2001, in Glen Ridge, N.J.

Ellis, 87, graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1936 and came to Southeast Alaska at the outbreak of World War II. He served as navigator on board the Juneau-based cutter Haida with the defense forces in the Aleutian Islands. Additionally, Ellis served as the assistant captain of the port at Ketchikan from February 1942 to February 1943.

A funeral ceremony honoring Ellis is scheduled for March 6 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

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