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Viola A. Zank Morris 1902-1975

MORRIS, ZANK, ZEKE, STOUD, HELMKE

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/15/2013 at 20:04:45

Estherville Woman’s Rites Held
Estherville – Funeral services for Mrs. Eldon (Viola A.) Morris, 72, Estherville, were held 2 p.m. Monday at Henry Funeral Chapel, Estherville, with the Rev. Stephen Wold officiating and burial in the East Side Cemetery. She had passed away Friday [January 3, 1975] at Holy Family Hospital.

Mrs. Morris was born June 11, 1902 at Augusta, Wis., to Frederick and Hattie Zeke Zank and received her education in Fairchild, Wis. She was married to Eldon Lester Morris July 16, 1925 at Spencer. She and her husband had lived in the Estherville and Emmetsburg area since.

Mrs. Morris operated the city taxi service from 1952 until 1960 and operated Vi’s Café from 1955 to 1960. She was a member of the Lutheran Church and Moose Lodge.

Survivors include her husband, Eldon, Estherville; two sons, Arnold, Madison, Wis., Kenneth, Muscatine; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Conrad Zank, Oconomowoc, Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Stoud, Augusta, Wis.; and Mrs. Elizabeth Helmke, Madison.

She was preceded in death by her parents and eight sisters and brothers. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 6, 1975)


 

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