OCALA, Fla. — Ellamae Dion, 68, of Davenport, Fla., formerly of Leeds, Maine, passed away Tuesday, May 1, at the Legacy House of Ocala, Fla., after a lengthy illness.

She was born March 17, 1944, in Massachusetts.

She was the wife of Arthur W. Dion whom she married on June 15, 1962. She was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and firmly believed in the coming of an earthly paradise and the resurrection.

She is survived by her husband, Arthur; four daughters, Susan of Lewiston, Wendy Williams and her husband, Scott, and Janice Moss and her husband James, all of Ocala, Fla., and Elizabeth of Davenport. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, Amanda, Benjamin and Micah Williams, and Peter, Joseph, Alexander, Andrew and Megan Moss.