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Jean <I>Leavitt</I> Morris

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Jean Leavitt Morris

Birth
Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah, USA
Death
7 Jun 2009 (aged 91)
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA
Burial
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Jean Leavitt Morris peacefully passed away surrounded by family and loved ones in her Bakersfield, California home early Sunday morning. Jean was the ninth of 10 children born to Lorenzo Calvin Leavitt & Suzetta Hafen Leavitt of Santa Clara. She attended elementary school in Santa Clara, and high school and Jr. College in St George, Utah. In 1940, she married Robert David Morris from St George who preceded her in death in January 1992.

She is survived by sisters, Vivian Leavitt Palmer, age 100 and Emma Leavitt Willis; son, William Morton Morris and wife, Ellen Morris; daughter, Suzanne Morris McClannan and husband, Quinton B. McClannan; 9 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.

She was a generous and loving sister, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and was loved by all who knew her. Her family was her greatest joy. "Grandma, we love you and will miss you, but we know you are in a better place. You are our hero!"

Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary Chapel, 110 S. Bluff, St. George. There will be a viewing from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to services at the Mortuary. Interment will take place in the Santa Clara Cemetery following funeral.
Jean Leavitt Morris peacefully passed away surrounded by family and loved ones in her Bakersfield, California home early Sunday morning. Jean was the ninth of 10 children born to Lorenzo Calvin Leavitt & Suzetta Hafen Leavitt of Santa Clara. She attended elementary school in Santa Clara, and high school and Jr. College in St George, Utah. In 1940, she married Robert David Morris from St George who preceded her in death in January 1992.

She is survived by sisters, Vivian Leavitt Palmer, age 100 and Emma Leavitt Willis; son, William Morton Morris and wife, Ellen Morris; daughter, Suzanne Morris McClannan and husband, Quinton B. McClannan; 9 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.

She was a generous and loving sister, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and was loved by all who knew her. Her family was her greatest joy. "Grandma, we love you and will miss you, but we know you are in a better place. You are our hero!"

Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary Chapel, 110 S. Bluff, St. George. There will be a viewing from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to services at the Mortuary. Interment will take place in the Santa Clara Cemetery following funeral.


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  • Created by: Max Turpin
  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43463904/jean-morris: accessed ), memorial page for Jean Leavitt Morris (13 Sep 1917–7 Jun 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43463904, citing Santa Clara Cemetery, Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Max Turpin (contributor 46863402).