Ella Adassa Rose Steele was born on May 10, 1922, in Linstead, St. Catherine, Jamaica. She was the fourth of five children born to Gerald Augustus Steele and Anselma Rose Steele and grew up in Riversdale, St. Catherine, Jamaica. She immigrated to the United States in 1978 to live with her daughter Cecile in New York. She worked at a dry-cleaning establishment for several years and after retiring in 1999, she moved to Rockville, Maryland to be closer to her daughter Marjorie. She lived at Bauer Park Apartments and found her beloved church family at the Church of Christ at Manor Woods where she loved to go worship with her friends from the apartment complex always with a song in her heart and a smile on her face.
One of her greatest passions was baseball and she was an avid New York Yankees fan. As a resident of Maryland, she adopted the Orioles as a favorite team except for when they were playing against the Yankees. Outside of baseball season, she watched most sports and loved to watch game shows on TV, especially Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and Family Feud. She also loved working on word puzzles, participating in the Seniors activities at her church, and playing bingo with fellow residents at her apartment complex. She will always be remembered for her friendliness, her pride in her children, her terrific memory and detailed stories of life events, and her love of singing.
She leaves to cherish fond memories; her four children, Marjorie, Costley, Cecile, and Claude, nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, nieces, nephew, cousins, and many cherished friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation instead to the Ella Steele Memorial at Church of Christ at Manor Woods.
We will celebrate her life and homegoing with a memorial service on Saturday, August 7, 2021, at 11:30 A.M. at the Church of Christ at Manor Woods located at 5300 Norbeck Road, Rockville, Maryland 20853. The service will also be streamed live on YouTube.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers during this time.
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