John A. Ellis (Retired Sergeant NYPD) of Pleasant Plains on May 6, 2015. Beloved husband of Yvonne (nee Cote). Loving father of Sharon Erkman, Susan Mahony, Kathleen Johnson, Karen Simonson and Robert Ellis. Dear brotehr of Margaret O'Shaughnessy and the late William, Frank and Jerome Ellis. Also survivfed by twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Funeral from Harmon Home for Funerals, 571 Forest Ave, West Brighton Saturday 9 A.M. Mass of Christian Burial St Joseph's Church, Rossville 10 A.M. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Firends will be received Thursday and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. K. Terrance McGinley, Director, Harmon Home for Funerals www.SILive.com/obits - See more at: http://obits.silive.com/obituaries/siadvance/obituary.aspx?n=john-a-ellis&pid=174805243&fhid=14065#sthash.m3J1ImOd.dpuf