Hal Dean Morris, 88, of Kent, died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Powers Funeral Home 601 New York Ave. Creston. Pastor Dan Moore will officiate. Burial will be West Fairview Cemetery in Lenox. Military rites will be by Theodore J. Martens Creston VFW Post #1797. There will be a 6:00 pm masonic service performed by Crest City Lodge #522. Memorials may be made to the Des Moines Animal Rescue and the Cromwell Church.
Hal Dean Morris was born March 22, 1926 in Kent, IA to Helen Louise Butler and Claude James Morris. He graduated from Lenox High School in 1943. Hal Dean served in the Navy. On Sept. 22, 1945, Hal Dean married Florbelle [Florabelle] "Pat" Morris in Norman, Okla. and lived in Norman, Okla., until moving to Lenox in 1946. They moved to a farm in Kent in 1949. He has lived in his current home since 1974. He was a farmer and the Fire Chief for the Kent Fire Dept. He was a member of the Cromwell United Church of Christ, served on the Kent School Board, Union County Conservation Board, a 50-year Mason, and member of the American Legion, Creston VFW and the Creston Elks Lodge # 605. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Loudon of Creston and Peggy Sweeney of Britt, IA; one son, Monty Morris of Kent; daughter-in-law Carmen Morris of Ankeny; one brother Robert (wife Verna) Morris of Lenox; one sister Marjorie Reynolds of Atlantic; sister-in-law Helen Jean Morris of Winterset; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Hal Dean was preceded in death by his parents, wife Pat Morris in 2007, his son Paul Morris in 2013, a grandson, Thaddeaus, brother Kenneth Morris, brother-in-law Darrell Reynolds, son-in-law Jim Loudon and sister-in-law Katie (husband Harvey) Heimke.
[Obituary courtesy of Powers Funeral Home, Creston, Iowa.]
Hal Dean Morris was born March 22, 1926 in Kent, IA to Helen Louise Butler and Claude James Morris. He graduated from Lenox High School in 1943. Hal Dean served in the Navy. On Sept. 22, 1945, Hal Dean married Florbelle [Florabelle] "Pat" Morris in Norman, Okla. and lived in Norman, Okla., until moving to Lenox in 1946. They moved to a farm in Kent in 1949. He has lived in his current home since 1974. He was a farmer and the Fire Chief for the Kent Fire Dept. He was a member of the Cromwell United Church of Christ, served on the Kent School Board, Union County Conservation Board, a 50-year Mason, and member of the American Legion, Creston VFW and the Creston Elks Lodge # 605. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Loudon of Creston and Peggy Sweeney of Britt, IA; one son, Monty Morris of Kent; daughter-in-law Carmen Morris of Ankeny; one brother Robert (wife Verna) Morris of Lenox; one sister Marjorie Reynolds of Atlantic; sister-in-law Helen Jean Morris of Winterset; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Hal Dean was preceded in death by his parents, wife Pat Morris in 2007, his son Paul Morris in 2013, a grandson, Thaddeaus, brother Kenneth Morris, brother-in-law Darrell Reynolds, son-in-law Jim Loudon and sister-in-law Katie (husband Harvey) Heimke.
[Obituary courtesy of Powers Funeral Home, Creston, Iowa.]
Hal Dean Morris, 88, of Kent, died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Powers Funeral Home 601 New York Ave. Creston. Pastor Dan Moore will officiate. Burial will be West Fairview Cemetery in Lenox. Military rites will be by Theodore J. Martens Creston VFW Post #1797. There will be a 6:00 pm masonic service performed by Crest City Lodge #522. Memorials may be made to the Des Moines Animal Rescue and the Cromwell Church.
Hal Dean Morris was born March 22, 1926 in Kent, IA to Helen Louise Butler and Claude James Morris. He graduated from Lenox High School in 1943. Hal Dean served in the Navy. On Sept. 22, 1945, Hal Dean married Florbelle [Florabelle] "Pat" Morris in Norman, Okla. and lived in Norman, Okla., until moving to Lenox in 1946. They moved to a farm in Kent in 1949. He has lived in his current home since 1974. He was a farmer and the Fire Chief for the Kent Fire Dept. He was a member of the Cromwell United Church of Christ, served on the Kent School Board, Union County Conservation Board, a 50-year Mason, and member of the American Legion, Creston VFW and the Creston Elks Lodge # 605. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Loudon of Creston and Peggy Sweeney of Britt, IA; one son, Monty Morris of Kent; daughter-in-law Carmen Morris of Ankeny; one brother Robert (wife Verna) Morris of Lenox; one sister Marjorie Reynolds of Atlantic; sister-in-law Helen Jean Morris of Winterset; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Hal Dean was preceded in death by his parents, wife Pat Morris in 2007, his son Paul Morris in 2013, a grandson, Thaddeaus, brother Kenneth Morris, brother-in-law Darrell Reynolds, son-in-law Jim Loudon and sister-in-law Katie (husband Harvey) Heimke.
[Obituary courtesy of Powers Funeral Home, Creston, Iowa.]
Hal Dean Morris was born March 22, 1926 in Kent, IA to Helen Louise Butler and Claude James Morris. He graduated from Lenox High School in 1943. Hal Dean served in the Navy. On Sept. 22, 1945, Hal Dean married Florbelle [Florabelle] "Pat" Morris in Norman, Okla. and lived in Norman, Okla., until moving to Lenox in 1946. They moved to a farm in Kent in 1949. He has lived in his current home since 1974. He was a farmer and the Fire Chief for the Kent Fire Dept. He was a member of the Cromwell United Church of Christ, served on the Kent School Board, Union County Conservation Board, a 50-year Mason, and member of the American Legion, Creston VFW and the Creston Elks Lodge # 605. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Loudon of Creston and Peggy Sweeney of Britt, IA; one son, Monty Morris of Kent; daughter-in-law Carmen Morris of Ankeny; one brother Robert (wife Verna) Morris of Lenox; one sister Marjorie Reynolds of Atlantic; sister-in-law Helen Jean Morris of Winterset; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Hal Dean was preceded in death by his parents, wife Pat Morris in 2007, his son Paul Morris in 2013, a grandson, Thaddeaus, brother Kenneth Morris, brother-in-law Darrell Reynolds, son-in-law Jim Loudon and sister-in-law Katie (husband Harvey) Heimke.
[Obituary courtesy of Powers Funeral Home, Creston, Iowa.]
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