Ella Fay Lelli

ELLA FAY LELLI “GAGI” PASSED AWAY APRIL 5, 2017 PEACEFULLY AT HOME WITH HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE IN SARASOTA, FL. FAYE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 7, 1932 (84) IN GATLIFF, KENTUCKY TO VIRGIL & FANNIE BUNCH. SHE MOVED TO MICHIGAN WHERE SHE MARRIED HER LOVE AND BEST FRIEND, ANTEO “ANDY” LELLI ON APRIL 3, 1954. TOGETHER THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND LIVED IN OAK PARK, MICHIGAN. THEY RETIRED IN 1992 TO SARASOTA, FL. SHE ENJOYED GOLFING, EUCHRE, PINOCHLE, BOWLING, BAKING WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN AND DEVOTED MOST OF HER TIME TO CARING FOR HER FAMILY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER DENNIE AND HIS WIFE DEBBIE; SON DELMER AND HIS WIFE BRENDA, SON MARK AND HIS WIFE BARBARA & DAUGHTER LYNN; HER NEPHEWS ERIC BUNCH, KURT BUNCH, KIM LELLI AND WIFE SUE; GRANDCHILDREN CINDY BOWMAN, STONEY BOWMAN, SHANE BOWMAN AND WIFE TINA, BRENT ANDERSON, BLAKE ANDERSON, KEITH LELLI, CHRIS LELLI; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN JUSTIN BOWMAN AND WIFE MICAELA, HAILEE BOWMAN & LILLY BOWMAN. GREAT NEPHEW KEVIN LELLI. SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND NUMEROUS FRIENDS THAT LOVED HER LIKE FAMILY. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND ANTEO LELLI, SON EARSEL BOWMAN JR AND BROTHER RONALD BUNCH. SERVICES WILL BE HELD Wednesday, April 12th at 2:00p.m. AT CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION, 2929 BEE RIDGE RD., SARASOTA, FL 34239. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE INVITED AFTER TO VISIT AND CELEBRATE HER LIFE. DETAILS WILL BE GIVEN AT THE MEMORIAL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO: ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION 3277 FRUITVILLE RD., SUITE 1, SARASOTA, FL 34237. ONLINE CONDOLENCES CAN BE OFFERED AT: www.wiegandbrothers.com