A longtime farmer and resident of King Township, Thomas Ellison died at Riverwood Retirement Home in Alliston in his 88th year. He was the husband of the late Margaret Ellen Orr (Lenore) Hamilton and the father of Tom Jr. and his wife Barb and of Jim all of Schomberg. He was predeceased by his youngest son, Donny in 1972. He was a brother of the late John (Jack Ellison) and the late Audrey (Mrs. Edgar Fuller). Funeral service was held in the Rod Abrams Funeral chapel in Tottenham on June 7, 2006 followed by interment in Mt. Tegert Cemetery.