I did not know Ellen very well at Carleton, but we both ended up in St Louis, MO and enjoyed Carleton related events together. Her career was amazing and her persistence admirable. She was always giving to everyone.
I, too, did not know Ellen very well while we were students together. In 2021, about a month after one of our virtual reunions, we had a very long and lovely phone conversation together, and I regretted not having gotten to know her better. She was obviously committed to various good works, including social justice, racial justice, chaplaincy, death with dignity, and advocacy with the US government, including working through FCNL.
Ellen Harriet Hiatt, 70, died on January 6, 2024 in St. Louis, MO from pancreatic cancer. Ellen was born April 12, 1953, in Wilmington, OH to Richard Mills Hiatt and Muriel Cecile Specht.
She graduated from Carleton College in 1975, and Yale Divinity School in 1979, where she met her future husband, Barnet Michael McKee, of St. Louis, MO. Ellen was ordained into the ministry of the United Church of Christ in 1981 and served as the first female senior pastor at St. Marcus UCC. Ellen became a board-certified chaplain in 1994 and served countless patients at St. Louis State, Deaconess (Forest Park), Anderson, and Barnes-Jewish Hospitals. Ellen loved to sing as a member of the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus, and enjoyed gardening, reading, and traveling.
Ellen is survived by her husband Mike McKee; two children, Kathleen McKee (David) and Jonathan McKee (Meghan); brother, Richard Hiatt (Kim); sister, Anne Woodruff (James); and five grandchildren: Genevie, Esme, Maeve, Kaia, and Soren.
A memorial service will be held Sun. Feb. 18 at 2pm at First Congregational Church, 6501 Wydown Blvd. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ellen's memory may be made to the American Friends Service Committee, Yale Divinity School, or Carleton College.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by News Journal from Jan. 12 to Jan. 13, 2024.
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I did not know Ellen very well at Carleton, but we both ended up in St Louis, MO and enjoyed Carleton related events together. Her career was amazing and her persistence admirable. She was always giving to everyone.
I, too, did not know Ellen very well while we were students together. In 2021, about a month after one of our virtual reunions, we had a very long and lovely phone conversation together, and I regretted not having gotten to know her better. She was obviously committed to various good works, including social justice, racial justice, chaplaincy, death with dignity, and advocacy with the US government, including working through FCNL.
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Ellen Hiatt
1953 - 2024
Ellen Hiatt Obituary
Ellen Harriet Hiatt, 70, died on January 6, 2024 in St. Louis, MO from pancreatic cancer. Ellen was born April 12, 1953, in Wilmington, OH to Richard Mills Hiatt and Muriel Cecile Specht.
She graduated from Carleton College in 1975, and Yale Divinity School in 1979, where she met her future husband, Barnet Michael McKee, of St. Louis, MO. Ellen was ordained into the ministry of the United Church of Christ in 1981 and served as the first female senior pastor at St. Marcus UCC. Ellen became a board-certified chaplain in 1994 and served countless patients at St. Louis State, Deaconess (Forest Park), Anderson, and Barnes-Jewish Hospitals. Ellen loved to sing as a member of the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus, and enjoyed gardening, reading, and traveling.
Ellen is survived by her husband Mike McKee; two children, Kathleen McKee (David) and Jonathan McKee (Meghan); brother, Richard Hiatt (Kim); sister, Anne Woodruff (James); and five grandchildren: Genevie, Esme, Maeve, Kaia, and Soren.
A memorial service will be held Sun. Feb. 18 at 2pm at First Congregational Church, 6501 Wydown Blvd. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ellen's memory may be made to the American Friends Service Committee, Yale Divinity School, or Carleton College.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by News Journal from Jan. 12 to Jan. 13, 2024.