Marcus Carroll Ellwood

Marcus Ellwood, age 71, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away on Tuesday, April 4th. He was born on March 23rd, 1952 to Carroll and Margaret(Lee) Ellwood at Eldora, Iowa. He grew up in the Garden City/Radcliffe, Iowa area and graduated from Radcliffe High School in 1970. He attended Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. He enlisted in the Navy in 1972, serving for four years. He received a Master’s Degree in business from University of Phoenix and he worked for most of his career at Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon Corp. in Tucson.

Marcus is survived by his wife Antoinette and two sons (Bryan and Andrew), mother, sisters Miriam(Steve) Skartvedt, Teresa (Bruce) Brinkmeyer, brothers Paul Ellwood, Gary(Stephanie) Ellwood, Kendall Ellwood, and by Antoinette’s brothers, Joseph( Coppelia) Samaha, Toni(Hania)Samaha, Bassam(Gladys)Samaha, and sisters, Jeannette (Chawki) Gebran, Daad(Abdo) Nasr.

Marcus was preceded in death by his father, sister-in-law Sue Ellwood, and by his father-in-law Deeb Samaha and his mother-in-law Violette Samaha.