DODGE CITY – Eleanor "Ellie" Basgall, 90, died on December 5, 2020 at Addington Place of Prairie Village. She was born April 29, 1930 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Hays, the daughter of Michael and Teresa (Zodrow) Karls.

On August 17, 1959 she married Richard J. Basgall at Leoville, he preceded her in death on September 7, 1990. Ellie was a graduate of Marymount College in Salina and received her Masters of Music Education from Wichita State University in 1961. She taught music in Leoville and Spearville, Marymount College in Salina, Blessed Sacrament School in Wichita, George Inness Jr High in Montclair, New Jersey, Our Lady of the Angels in Rego Park, Queens, New York and retired from Sacred Heart Parochial School in Dodge City in 1995.

Ellie also taught piano at the Dodge City Community College and gave private piano lessons. She also directed the the Sacred Heart Cathedral Choir. In 1956, Ellie toured Europe as a member of the All American Chorus which was sponsored by the State Department. She accompanied musicals while in New Jersey. She was a member of the Piano Teacher's League, Music Club and Dodge City Community Concert Association. Ellie was also a judge for the National Piano Guild.

She was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Church in Lawrence.

Ellie enjoyed traveling after retirement going on a 15 day cruise in 2000 to Cabo, Acapulco, Costa Rica, and the Panama Canal with her girlfriend Joyce. She also visited her son and his family twice in Japan and once in Germany.

She is survived by her daughter, Richelle of Roeland Park; son, Gregory and wife Stacey and granddaughter, Gracey all of Stuttgart, Germany; grandson, Alec of Lawrence; and sister, Mary "Meme" Carper of Goodland. She was preceded in death by her brother, Cecil Karls and sister, Mildred "Billie" Welter of Dresden.

Vigil service will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM. Memorial mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Friday, July 23, 2021 at 10:00 AM. Burial will be at 3:00 PM on Friday at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Spearville. Ellie requested that memorials be sent to the Dodge City Community Concert Association in care of Julie Ellis or the funeral home. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online guest book at www.swaimfuneralhome.com.