Constance Ellison

Constance A. Ellison-Douglass, known to many as “Tiny”, unexpectedly entered into eternal rest on February 22, 2023. Constance was born on March 22, 1963 to Rosie Ellison and Louis Ellison Sr. Constance attended James Hillhouse High school where she was on the cheerleading squad and JV basketball team. After graduating, she did some secretary work and attended the Greater New Haven Community College Electrical Engineering Program in 1989-1990 but ultimately spent the bulk of her career at Yale University. Constance dedicated 30 years to Yale University where she formed bonds with fellow staff, faculty, and students. Constance received awards for her dedication to serving the Yale Community. Constance was an active member of local 35 and supported the organizing work of the numerous unions at Yale. She was also involved in local politics, canvassing for candidates and causes she believed in, especially the aldermanic campaigns of her close friend and then-husband, Alder Frank Douglass, Jr. whom she was married to for 12 of the 35 years they spent together. Constance was a sentimental and loving mother and grandmother. She was the kind of mother that tried to save every card and piece of art. Though Constance only had two biological children Jayson Ellison and Frankie Douglass and two biological grandchildren, she considered herself a mother and grandmother to their siblings. She enjoyed spending time and traveling with her children and grandchildren. Constance absolutely loved to sing. She would sing her children and grandchildren to sleep. And she harmonized with anyone who could hold a note, especially her baby sister Jeanette and her stepdaughter. She was undeniably the life of the party and did her best to brighten every room she walked into. Most of all she was a comedian and loved to make people laugh. She was an expert at bringing smiles to faces and making people feel like she had known them forever. Constance leaves to cherish her memory is her mother; Rosie Ellison, one daughter; Frankie Douglass, one son; Jayson Ellison, two grandchildren: Jaydon and Jasiya Ellison, seven siblings: Jeanette (Marc) Boomer, Anette Ellison (Theodore), Rosemary Lester, Linda (Danslee) Frost, Louis Ellison all of New Haven, CT, Priscilla (Wesley) Rush of Lowell, MA and Deborah (Henry) Jones of Roxbury, MA and a host of beloved cousins, nieces, nephews, and dear friends. Constance was predeceased by her father, Louis Ellison and brother-in-law Robert Lester.

Constance Ellison

March 22, 1963 - February 22, 2023