Ellen L. Farnum ’75

Ellen died at home Oct. 28, 2014, in Charlottesville, Va., after a long illness. She was 61.

Born March 17, 1953, in Pennsylvania, Ellen was the daughter of Edward Shippen Watson Farnum and Louise Wharton-Bickley Farnum. She was a graduate of Springside School in Chestnut Hill, Pa. At Princeton, she was a member of Cap and Gown and earned her bachelor’s degree in philosophy.

Ellen earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University in 1978. She practiced law in Manhattan, specializing in stocks and bonds. In 1994, she retired to Charlottesville.

She is survived by her daughter, Mercy Waite Taft Farnum; and son, James Shippen Markoe Farnum; their smiling family photo appears in our 25th reunion yearbook. Ellen also leaves her sister, Anne Walmsley and her husband, Robert; and her brother, Charles Lee McIlvaine, and his wife, Sue. The class shares their loss.