Taiwan Church News. Occasional Bulletin, V13, no.5 September/October 1996

We are sad to report the death of Rev. Howard Theodore Ellis(依天賜), known as Ted, on September 21, 1996, in Scarborough, Canada. The cause of his death is cancer. 

Rev. Ted Ellis served in Taiwan as a Presbyterian Church in Canada missionary for 26 years between 1963 and 1991. Rev. Ellis had been a beloved high school chaplain and teacher at Chang Jung High School(長榮中學), chaplain of Tainan Theological Seminary(台南神學院), later a New Testament professor. His two children, Robert and Stephanie, were born in Taiwan. 

Rev. Ted Ellis was a Vancouver, Canada native and attended Knox College in Toronto.

At the time of death he was the astor of Wexford Presbyterian Church in Scarborough, Canada. A worship and Thanksgiving service was held at the Wexford Church on September 29. 

Rev. Ted Ellis is survived by his wife, Marilyn, son Robert and daughter Stephanie, and several brothers and sisters.