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Archive for Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Lucille Marjorie ‘Marge’ Morris

November 17, 2004

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— Services for Lucille Marjorie "Marge" Morris, 80, Perry, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel in Topeka. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton.

Mrs. Morris died Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, at her home.

She was born March 26, 1924, in Topeka, the daughter of George and Mary Olds Powell. She attended Topeka High School.

Mrs. Morris worked as a photographer for 20 years and as a secretary for Dr. Shin Fu Hsu for more than 23 years. She was a lifetime member of American War Dads Auxiliary and Northland Christian Church. She was also a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, H&R Council at Topeka Veterans Affairs Hospital and Lecompton Historical Society. She also volunteered at the hospital.

She married Ralph F. Morris on March 1, 1945, in Bremerton, Wash. He died June 26, 1986.

Survivors include two sons, Steve Morris and Rob Morris, both of Topeka; a daughter, Sherry Sieliet, Perry; a brother, Dale Powell, Richmond, Va.; a sister, Dorothy "Dot" Woods, Mayetta; 16 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, where the family will receive them from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

The family suggests memorials to American Cancer Society or American Heart Assn., sent in care of the funeral home, 1035 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka 66608.

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