Lake County Farm Bureau invites residents to watch Ellis funeral procession

The Lake County Farm Bureau is inviting the public and media to its grounds any time after 10:30 a.m. Friday to watch the funeral procession for Illinois State Police Trooper Gerald Ellis, officials said.

The procession is expected to pass the site at 70 Route 45, Grayslake, between noon and 1 p.m. after funeral services conclude at College of Lake County. The event will include patriotic/memorial music played as the procession passes.

The farm bureau parking lot is expected to reach capacity so cars can park across the street in the Wildwood neighborhood, farm bureau officials said. Those attending are encouraged to bring signs, flags and other fitting tributes to show support for the Ellis family and the law enforcement community.

For more information, contact Gregory Koeppen, executive director Lake County Farm Bureau, at (847) 373-0132.

The public is encouraged to line the streets Friday during a funeral procession to honor Ellis, 36, of Antioch, who was killed March 30. Dan Davies, 44, of Calumet City, was driving in the wrong direction in the westbound lanes of I-94 and slammed into Ellis' squad car near Green Oaks, east of Libertyville, authorities said.

The funeral is at 10 a.m. at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at CLC, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake.

The funeral procession route will start at the performing arts center about noon.

It will exit the college and make a right on Lancer Road; then east, or left, on Brae Loch Road; south, or right, on Route 45; east, or left, on Route 120; exit right on Route 21; left on Route 21; left onto I-94 west; exit I-94 on Russell Road; left on Old Skokie Road; stay left onto Route 41; west, or right, on Route 173; south, or left, on Deep Lake Road; and west, or right, on Route 132. The procession will end at routes 132 and 83.

The interment services will be private.