Mrs. Margaret Joanne Ellis Alborg

January 15, 1931 - September 15, 2020

A graveside service for Margaret Joanne Ellis Alborg, 89, will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2020 in the New Providence Baptist Cemetery. The Rev. Cliff Leonard will officiate. Due to health concerns, services will be for immediate family only. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eight Ave., 16th Floor, New York, NY 10001 or the Childhood Leukemia Foundation, 807 Mantoloking Rd., Brick, NJ 08723 Born and raised in Hartsville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ralph McIntosh Ellis and Frances Moore Ellis. She attended nursing school at the Medical College of Charleston and met and fell in love with Richard Owen Alborg in 1951, while completing her studies. They were married in 1956 in Chicago, IL, where they resided for more than 40 years. Joanne worked as a Registered Nurse at Christ Hospital and Little Company of Mary Hospital for more than 40 years. Richard and Joanne retired in May 1999 to the Isle of Palms, where they resided until his death in 2006. After Richard’s death, Joanne maintained her home on the Isle of Palms, where she loved to sing in church, knit and crochet, and follow the activities of her grandchildren. Joanne was called home by the Lord on September 15, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Owen Alborg; son, Curtis Owen Alborg; brother and sisters, Charles William Ellis, Katherine King, Marian Ellis and Dorothy Ellis; son-in-law, Philip Phillips. Surviving are her daughters, Lynn Ellen Dionne, Lorrie Phillips Stacy (Michael), Lana Lee Greve, and Lisa Margaret Fewkes (Daniel); son, Dwight Richard Alborg (Tina); fourteen beloved grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.