Morrison, Beulah Maxine (1916-2013)

MORRISON, GALBRAITH, CAMPBELL, BEED, BAENEN, BALDUS, WAGENER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 4/13/2013 at 16:54:32

Beulah Maxine Morrison
September 28, 1916 - March 30, 2013

Beulah Maxine Morrison, age 96, of Sac City, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Loring Hospital in Sac City.

Beulah was born on a farm near Marathon, on September 28, 1916, the daughter of Leon and Julia (Campbell) Galbraith. Baptized in Fonda and confirmed at the Congregational Church in Sioux Rapids, she attended country school and graduated as valedictorian of her class at Lincoln Lee High School in Sioux Rapids. Very active and successful in music and the performing arts in her school days, she starred in many plays and won a number of speech contests. She continued her education at Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls (now UNI# and taught in a country school outside of Sac City.

In 1940, Beulah married Wilbur Morrison at the Congregational Church in Sioux Rapids. Two children were born to this union, James Brent and Penny Lynne. In Sioux Rapids, they owned and ran a theater until it burned. They, then, moved to a farm outside of Sac City where they farmed until 1970.

For many years, Beulah was a farmer and homemaker. After her children left home, she substitute taught and worked as a nurse's aide before completing her working career in the Motor Vehicle Department at the Sac County Courthouse, a position she also held for many years.

A wonderful mother and devoted wife, she loved caring for her family and home. She enjoyed listening to music, gardening, watching all sports, and, especially, playing cards. She belonged to several Card Clubs. A very active member of the First Presbyterian Church, she taught Sunday school, served as an Elder, joined the Session and the Ladies' Aid Society. She spent a great deal of time volunteering at the church, the nursing home, and the library. She will be remembered as a very independent lady, competitive, and high spirited, who loved her family and cherished her grandchildren.

Survivors include her son, Brent Morrison, and his wife, Sally, of Ames; her daughter, Penny Beed, and her husband, Doug, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas; her grandchildren: Stacey #Sean# Baenen, of San Francisco, California, Amy #Robert# Baldus, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and James Dustin Morrison, of Des Moines; her great-grandchildren: Josephine, Eleanor, and Gabrielle Baenen and William and Joseph Baldus; and her sister, Dorothy Wagener, and her husband, LaVerne, of Storm Lake; as well as many extended family members.

Beulah was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur, in April of 1985 and by her parents.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Sac City with Pastor Randy Russom officiating. Burial will follow at the Oakland Cemetery in Sac City under the direction of the Farber & Otteman Funeral Home.

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