CANTON – Keith B. “Jiggs” Ellis, 91, formerly of Dixfield, died early Wednesday morning, Sept. 25, 2019, at Pinnacle Health Care in Canton. He was born in Mexico on Oct. 15, 1927, a son of Thomas C. and Mary McKinnon Ellis and was a graduate of Dixfield High School.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952. He worked at Sampson’s Supermarket and Boise Cascade in Rumford for many years. He was a past master of King Hiram Lodge, F. & A.M. On Oct. 19, 1952, he married Joyce L. Dolloff.

He is survived by his three children, Debra E. Walton of Deering, N.H., K. Michael Ellis of West Peru, and Bruce E. Ellis of Bangor; four grandchildren, Michael W. Walton Jr., Steven L. Walton, both of Deering, N.H., Matthew Ellis of Westford, Mass., and Katharine Ellis of Bangor; two great-grandchildren, Skyla Walton of Deering, N.H. and Logan Ravenscroft-Ellis of Westford, Mass.

He was predeceased by his parents; his brother, William J. Ellis; and his wife of 65 years.

Graveside funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 29, 2019 at Demerritt Cemetery in Peru.

Funeral services are being provided by the Wiles Remembrance Center, 30 Weld Street, Dixfield. Friends wishing may leave a kind word on his memorial wall at www.wilesrc.com

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations be considered in Jiggs’ memory to

Pinnacle Health Care

29 Pleasant St.

Canton ME 04221 or

to a charity of their choice.