Barbara L. Ellis, of Coatesville, died peacefully on Saturday, February 6th at her home in the early morning hours surrounded by her family. She was born on January 18, 1938 in Maysville, Kentucky. Barbara was born to Brack & Emma (Vantine) Neff.

She grew up on the banks of the Ohio River where she found her love for horses. She loved to ride and show horses and she did so for most of the first half of her life.

Barbara followed her husband, Frank, in whom she married on January 1, 1953, to Germany where he was stationed in the US Army and they lived there for almost 2 years. They then moved back to the States and moved from Kentucky to Indiana, where they eventually settled down on a small farm just East of Coatesville.

Barbara lived on this small farm for her final 56 years with her family. She worked alongside her husband farming, as well as, being a homemaker and mother.

She loved to garden and was known for her "green thumb". She enjoyed being outdoors and would be outside all day long if she was not cooking one of her delicious homemade meals.

Barbara handmade wooden crafts and for many years she had a booth at the Mansfield Covered Bridge Festival.

She is survived by her daughter, Melissa Moore of Coatesville, her three granddaughters Brooklyn (Austin) of Fairmount, Paris and London Moore of Coatesville. She has two great grandchildren Anya and Tobias Christianson of Fairmount.

Barbara is also survived by her two sisters Norma Nicholas of Avon and Christine Smitson of Plainfield, along with several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Brack & Emma, her brother, Louis "Bud" Neff, and her husband of 62 years, Frank Ellis.

Services are entrusted to Bousley Funeral Home in Coatesville and Rev. Shelly A. Zook with visitation from Noon until the service begins at 2pm on Wednesday, February 10th, 2021.