Adam Mason Ellis

Adam Mason Ellis, 34, of New Hartford, passed away unexpectedly Friday, October 4, 2024, at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Clement Catholic Church with Fr. Henry Ussher officiating. Burial will be in St. Clement Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, October 11th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Bibb-Veach Funeral Homes and Crematory in Bowling Green. Adam was born March 4, 1990, in Hannibal, Missouri to Ricky William and Sherry Lee (Seeley) Ellis. He was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Ashlee Nicole Orf on September 19, 2015. Adam was raised on his family’s farm, where he ended up moving back around a year ago. He was a 2008 graduate of Bowling Green High School where he played football and loved every minute of it. After high school, Adam attended Lin-Tech for mechanics. While in high school and college he worked at O’ Riley’s, where I’m sure everyone who worked with him could tell you all kinds of great stories. Following college, he had a short stint at True Manufacturing and realized very fast that was not where he wanted to be. He then went to work at Geeding Construction in Troy Missouri shortly after, where he had been employed for 14 years and the owners and employees became his family. In the last couple of years, he was extremely active in Politics and was following his love for his country to make it a better place for his family and everyone’s children. Adam was a member of St. Clement Catholic Church where he had recently been baptized and confirmed in April of 2023. He was a member of the Pike County Republican Club, Pike County Republican Central Committee, Lincoln County Republican Club and he was also a member of the Pike County Fair Board. Adam was a very active fisherman; before he started a family, he would be fishing every second that he was not at work, even in the freezing cold he would be out fishing. He would ask Ashlee to join and she would but if she started to catch more fish, she wasn’t allowed to fish with him anymore. Hunting was also a big passion of his. From a very young age he loved shooting guns. One of his favorite memories as a kid was going over to his Grandma and Grandpa Ellis’s around Thanksgiving and getting his 22 and shooting all of his grandma's pumpkins where he ended up having to clean all the shells out of the pumpkins so she could make her delicious pumpkin pie. He loved working with the Republican Club and Committee and volunteering and helping in every way he could. He was an avid fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. Adam enjoyed almost all music but old rock music and country was his favorite, Ashlee and Adam clashed on music so he would make her listen to 93.3 instead so she could stay up to what was going on in the world. He was a huge history buff and enjoyed going to all the different battle ships while on vacations, where Ashlee could go through them in 10 seconds and Adam would spend hours reading everything and taking it all in. Adam enjoyed traveling with Ashlee and his in-laws. They took family trips to Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Lake of the Ozarks (so many trips there because his father in-law loves it so much); Branson; Biloxi, Mississippi; New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama and Hawaii for their honeymoon. He was such an amazing cook and loved cooking new meals and making up his own recipes, some definitely better than others. As a young kid he loved going to the car shows and being a part of the car club with is Grandpa Seeley. His Dad, Grandpa Ellis and him used to pull antique tractors everywhere around and won multiple awards. Adam is survived by his wife, Ashlee of New Hartford; daughters Madelyn and Lakelyn Ellis of the home; mother, Sherry Ellis of Bowling Green; brother, Matthew Ellis (Alisha) of St. Charles; niece and nephew, Maximus and Lucille Ellis; uncle, Jimmy (Brenda) Seeley of Mexico; and many in-laws and cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, father, aunts and uncle. Pallbearers will be Matthew Ellis, Jason Orf, Shane Orf, Adam Borchert, Kevin Richerkessing, and Quentin Quigley. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Seeley, Kevin Gilbert, Dwight Orf, Madelyn Ellis, and Lakelyn Ellis. Memorials may be made to the family. Online condolences may be made at www.bibbveach.com.

Adam Mason Ellis

March 4, 1990 - October 4, 2024