MORISKY, Marian Irene (Ackley) 1916-2005

MORISKY, ACKLEY, LOSEE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/18/2011 at 11:28:02

Marian Irene Morisky

Marian Irene Morisky, 88, of Clear Lake, Iowa, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 6, 2005, at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa.

A memorial service will be held at the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 22, with Pastor Jan Burnett officiating the service. The Ward-Van Slyke Funeral Home will assist with the church memorial, but there will be no visitation before the memorial service. Marian will be interred at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City, alongside her husband. Memorials will be presented to Hospice of North Iowa, The USO, and Meals on Wheels.

Marian was born in Marble Rock, Iowa on January 29, 1916, to Harry and Forest (Losee) Ackley, who also were born and grew up there. Marian graduated from high school in Marble Rock and furthered her education by attending Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she graduated with a teaching certificate. After college she taught in Randalia, St. Ansgar, Clear Lake, Ottumwa, and Mason City, Iowa.

It was while teaching in Clear Lake that she met and eventually married William L. (Bill) Morisky in Mason City, on Nov. 7, 1943. Marian and Bill had two sons, Bill J. and Mark. In 1969, Marian was hired as the executive director to help organize the "Charlie Brown Community Day Care," a new community childcare center located in the First Christian Church in Mason City. She worked there for 11 years until retiring to enjoy her many interests, including attending plays, concerts and sporting events, and traveling at home and abroad with friends. Marian loved music, was an accomplished pianist, and was proud of her two sons' music careers. Marian also loved to bird watch, play cards (especially bridge), read, cook, entertain friends, spend time on Clear Lake watching the beautiful sunsets, and dote on her granddaughter, Kendra. She also enjoyed the business world and was active in managing her family's Century Farm outside of Marble Rock.

Marian became an active member of P.E.O. while in college and strongly supported this organization because she felt this was a wonderful way to become better acquainted with her sisters. In 2004, Marian received recognition for 50 years as a P.E.O. member. Locally she was a Chapter EA sister. She was also active as a hospice volunteer, belonged to TTT, book clubs, church groups, Progress Club, and volunteered her time to others whenever there was a need. Through these associations Marian had many wonderful, endearing, and fulfilling friendships that lasted throughout her life.

Marian is preceded in death by her husband, Bill, in 1972; her brother, Warren, in 1989; Peggy, Warren's wife who was like a sister to Marian, and Marian's mother, Forest, in 1974.

Survivors include her son, Bill; his wife, Deborah, and granddaughter, Kendra of Prescott, Az. and son, Mark, of Omaha, Neb.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.

[Mirror Recorder, Clear Lake, Iowa, Jan 2005]
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