Daily News | Ellen Grace Venters, life-saving sister, self-sacrificing mother, and dedicated employee, dies at 96
Ellen Grace Venters, 96, formerly of Philadelphia, an older sister who reunited her four brothers after they were separated in foster care, a mother and single parent who devoted endless energy to raise her daughter, and a dedicated employee who worked at least six days a week for decades, died Friday, Feb. 25, of vascular dementia at home in Washington.
“More than just their surrogate mother,” her family wrote in a tribute, “Ellen was her brothers’ superhero.” After her daughter was born, Ms. Venters, separated from her husband, worked long hours and weekends at a drapery factory in Philadelphia to provide a home that her daughter described as “nurturing.”
Talented as well as tireless, Ms. Venters brought home scraps from the drapery factory and made jumpers and skirts for her daughter. She arranged for cousins and others to look after Grace and sometimes took her to work when no one was available.
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