Mills Ellis (Emberton) Hollis, 97, slipped peacefully away into eternal life on July 1, 2008 at Council Grove Health Care Center, Council Grove, Kansas. Mills was born May 16, 1911 at Fountain Run, Kentucky, the daughter of Oral Howard and Myrtle Cook Emberton. She was a graduate of Elkhart High School. On September 27, 1936 she married Harold J. Hollis at Elkhart, Kansas. He died on September 6, 1997. She had worked for Dillons for 10 years and most recently was chapter executive for the Golden Belt Chapter of the American Red Cross. She was a resident of Council Grove since 2003 coming from Great Bend. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a life member of the American Legion Auxiliary both of Great Bend. Mills was a past department Chaplain, Child Welfare Chairman, 8 and 40 Reno Salon, Director for Sunflower Girls State and assisted with Sunflower Girls State for 10 years and past President of American Field Service all for the American Legion Auxiliary; and a past president and member of the Central Kansas Medical Center Auxiliary Volunteers. Survivors include one son, Rodney Hollis and wife, Jerre of Council Grove, Kansas; one sister, Olive Helen Tribble of Elkhart, Kansas; one sister-in-law, Betty J. Emberton of Hugoton, Kansas; two grandchildren, Todd Hollis and wife Penny and Cari Hollis and companion, Doug Eichholz and five great-grandchildren, Katie, Jackson, Ryan, Nataly and Chase. Mills was preceded in death by two brothers, Ted Emberton and Jack Emberton and a sister-in-law, Evelyn Emberton. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church, Great Bend. Interment will be at the Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, July 4, 2008 with family to receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation in care of the funeral home.