Frances G. (Berger) Ellington, 86, died Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Russell Regional Hospital in Russell. She was born April 14, 1926 at Blanchard, Michigan the daughter of Clinton F. and Lucy Viola (DeGroat) Smalley. Frances was a homemaker and a longtime Hoisington resident. She worked at a care home in Hoisington and at Thies Packing Plant in Great Bend for many years. She was a member of Hoisington Bible Church and VFW Women's Auxiliary. Frances enjoyed walking, gardening and above all spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She married Marvin Berger in 1948 at Conway Springs, Kansas. He died in 1975. In 1977 she married Henry Ellington at Hutchinson, Kansas. He died in 1987. Survivors include three daughters, Donna Michaud, of Corpus Christi, Texas, Patricia Horton and husband Donald of Hoisington, Kansas, Della Kendall and husband Randall of Hutchinson, Kansas; stepson, Jim Ellington and wife Jackie; stepdaughter, Anna Lee; seven grandchildren, Royce Harrison, Michael Harrison, Daniel Bartonek, Shawna (Horton) Petersilie, Raymond Horton, Rodney Raymond, Beth Raymond; four step-grandchildren, Frank Garst, William Garst, Pat Garst, Teresa Chambers; five great-grandchildren, Amber Harrison, Lexus Petersilie, Hailey Petersilie, Kassy Petersilie, and Nick Smith She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Clyde Raymond and Robert Berger; grandson, Matthew Myers; three brothers, Roy Smalley, Jack Smalley and Gene Smalley and one sister, Viola Carver. Funeral Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 16, 2012 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home with Reverend Gary Clark officiating. Interment will follow at Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday, August 15, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Hoisington Bible Church or Hoisington Main Street in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, Kansas 67544.