Shelli Dawn Ellis

A visitation for Shelli will be held Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Ankeny Funeral Home, 1510 West First Street, Ankeny, IA 50023. A funeral service will occur Friday, September 26, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM at Ankeny Funeral Home. Following the cremation, Shelli's ashes will be buried at Oralabor Cemetery in Ankeny, Iowa at a later date.

Shelli Dawn Ellis was born on January 20, 1990, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Tony and Laurie (Hildreth) Ellis. She graduated from Ankeny High School in 2008. After high school, she moved to Osceola and spent valuable time with her loving B-ma and worked for Trolli Candy Factory. She was united in marriage to Andrew Moffitt in September of 2014, in Osceola. The couple later divorced, and she returned to Ankeny, and worked at Power Distributers and Tender Years Daycare. Shelli spent the last two years at Hope Ministries where she became a Christian and found her savior.

Shelli enjoyed Christian and country music concerts, rooting for the Green Bay Packers, and fishing with her father and sister. Most of all, she dearly loved spending time and making memories with her children and family. Shelli was a member of the Lutheran Church of Hope+Elim in Des Moines.

Shelli is preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Dennis Hildreth and paternal grandparents, Dennis Ellis and Becky Herr. She is survived by her three children, Aleah Joy, Jameson Lee, and Esther Elizabeth; her parents, Tony and Laurie Ellis; sister, Alexandria (Djuan) Ellis and their daughter, Veronica; maternal grandmothers, Emma Phillips and Connie Hildreth; paternal grandfather, Bill (Carol) Herr; four aunts, Sheri (Ray) Gavin, Trisha (Rick) Meyer, Alison (Keith) Collette and Diane (Joe) Pals; uncle, Dennis (Julie) Hildreth and several great aunts, great uncles, cousins, and her dear friend, Angie Currie.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be left at www.ankenyfuneralhome.com for the Ellis family.