Forrest Morrison Rites Monday
Forrest Morrison, 44, young farmer who lived west of Sigourney, died
Saturday morning at 7:30 o'clock at the Sigourney hospital, where he had
been a patient since June 8, suffering from a heart ailment. Mr.
Morrison had been in failing health since last March 22.
He was born at Creston on April 24, 1905, and was a son of Edward and
Mary Etta Scott Morrison. When he was about one year old he came with
his parents to Keokuk county and spent the rest of his life here.
On January 17, 1928, he was married to Mary Theresa Shannon and they
became the parents of six children. They started housekeeping on a farm
southeast of Keswick, later moving to the South English and Webster
communities, before moving to the Sigourney community 10 years ago.
Mr. Morrison was a member of St. Mary's church here.
He is survived by his wife: two daughters, Lois and Helen, and four
sons, Merle, Lyman, Gerald and James, all at home; three sisters, Mrs.
Will Wilkerson of North English, Mrs Glen Sarvis of Sigourney and Mrs.
Harold Franklin of Iowa City, and five brothers, Ellis of Keswick,
Edward of Spencer, Roscoe of Adel, Raymond of Millersburg and Elmer of
Sigourney.
The funeral service was held at Saint Mary's church Monday morning, in
charge of the Rev. James Mackin. Burial was made at West cemetery.
Publication unknown.
Re-typed by Lyman Morrison, 1994.
Mary Teresa Morrison Dies
Mary Teresa Morrison, 86, of Sigourney died Sunday, April 12, 1992, at
Washington County hospital in Washington.
She was born May 27, 1905, near Charlotte in Clinton county to John and
Teresa Farrell Shannon. Her family lived on a farm near Hampton and
moved to Keota where she graduated from St. Mary's High School in Keota
in 1924. She married Forrest Morrison on January 17, 1928, in Keswick.
he died June 25, 1949. She and her husband farmed near Keswick before
moving to Sigourney in 1939. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic
church in Sigourney and Altar and Rosary Society.
She is survived by four sons, Merle of Sigourney, Lyman of Riverside,
Calif., Gerald of St. Louis, Mo., and James of Geneseo, Ill.; two
daughters Lois Scurlock of Melcher and Helen Nicklaus of Lone Tree; 33
grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren and a sister, Regina Smith of
Sigourney.
She was preceded in death by her parents; five grandchildren; four
brothers, Allie, William, Joseph and Urban; and a sister, Loretta
Flander.
Funeral services are today (Wednesday) at St. Mary's Catholic Church in
Sigourney at 10:30 a.m. the Rev. Ernest Braida officiating. Burial will
be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sigourney. Pallbearers are Leland
Morrison, Doug Morrison, Mike Morrison, Robert Morrison, David Nicklaus
and Dennis Nicklaus.
Memorials have been established.
Holm Funeral Home of Sigourney is in charge of arrangements.
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Re-typed by Lyman Morrison, 1994.
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