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Ellen M. Point Obituary – 8/30/2020


Ellen M. Point, age 92, of Buffalo, passed away Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at The Park View Care Center.

Funeral services for Ellen will take place Thursday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. at Buffalo Evangelical Covenant Church. Interment will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Buffalo.

A visitation will take place Wednesday, Sept. 9, at The Peterson Chapel in Buffalo from 4 to 8 p.m. Further visitation will take place Thursday, Sept. 10, one hour prior to services at the church.

Casket bearers will be grandsons, Elliot Smith, Joe Point, and Erickson Point; and longtime family friends, Doug Block, Steve Markve, and Dave Spike.

The Peterson Chapel in Buffalo is serving the family. Online condolences may be made to www.thepetersonchapel.com.

Ellen was born in Minneapolis April 2, 1928, the daughter of J.R. and Mary Ellen (Montgomery) Campbell. At the age of 10, she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior.

Ellen graduated from Buffalo High School in 1946. She went on to Wheaton College, and graduated in 1950.

Ellen taught home economics in Jackson, MN and Monticello, MN. Ellen joined her father at Campbell Abstract and took over the family business in 1964.

Ellen M. Campbell and Lloyd K. Point were joined in holy marriage at the Buffalo Presbyterian Church June 29, 1957. Their marriage was blessed with three children; Delbert, Mary Jo, and Russell.

She was a longtime member of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, P.E.O., Christian Women, and The Red Hat Society.

Ellen is survived by her loving children: Delbert (Gail) Point of Waterville, Mary Jo (E.G.) Smith of Kingston Springs, TN, and Russell (Karen) Point of Buffalo; six grandchildren: Charles (Dana) Smith, Russell Smith, and Elliot Smith; Kandace Point, Joseph (Megan) Point, and Erickson Point; a great-grandchild: Ira Joseph Point; sister-in-law, Ruth Zinter, other relatives, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lloyd; her brother, Roy; and sister-in-law, Merle Campbell; and brother-in-law, Donald Zinter.

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