Ellisville, MO - A Celebration of Life for Elsie Lee Beaver Gillespie, 97, of Ellisville, MO, formerly of Enid, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 31, 2026, at the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Carrell Still officiating. Elsie graduated from Greenfield High School in 1947 and graduated from Enid Business College. Elsie married Lonnie C. Gillespie, Jr., on December 17, 1950. Elsie moved to Ellisville to be near her daughter and family in 2018, after the death of her husband. She is survived by daughter Peggy J. Anderson (Doug); grandson Michael Paul Gillespie (Kim); two granddaughters, Dr. Kristin J. Anderson Terpstra (Ben), Lauren E. Anderson Arnet (Jim); and two great-granddaughters, Samantha Mackenzie Arnet and Branwen Ella Terpstra.