Ann Handforth McLellan Ann Handforth McLellan, the beloved matriarch of the McLellan family of Yellow Springs, died at home on Jan. 6, 2021. She was 95. A woman of great optimism and wit, Ann instilled in her four children a deep love of learning, determination to contribute to society and a knack for witty quips. Ann was born in Nutley, N.J., on March 14, 1925, the fourth of six children of Jessie and Hunter Handforth. She grew up in a house designed by her father, out in the country near Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. She excelled in school and was awarded several college scholarships. But she left St. Lawrence College during her sophomore year to join her high school sweetheart, David Stanley McLellan, in Clovis, N.M. They were married there shortly before the U.S. Army Air Force sent David to the Pacific theater as a B29 navigator during World War II.