Morrissey, Helen Frances – 1922-1947

JAMES, MORRISSEY

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 6/7/2025 at 13:42:26

Helen Morrissey, 25, daughter of State Rep. And Mrs. E. J. Morrissey, and a life-time resident of the little community of Valeria, met with her tragic death in the crash of a DC-6 plane in Bryce Canyon, Utah. Miss Morrissey was the stewardess.
Helen or “Hetty”, as she was affectionately called by her friends, received her grade school education in the Valeria school and her high school education in the Mingo Consolidated school.
After graduation she attended the University of California at Los Angeles, Calif., before becoming an airline stewardess. Helen served as stewardess for three years with runs from Los Angeles to Chicago and Chicago to New York.
Helen is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Morrissey, two brothers, Joe and Jimmy, four sisters, Bernice of Los Angeles, California; Alice, a nurse at Iowa Methodist hospital in Des Moines, Margaret Ann, a teacher at Belle Plaine and Mrs. Joan James of Des Moines. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward, who died in infancy and Emmet following an appendix operation.
Helen leaves a great many friends and relatives to mourn her loss. Her friendly smile will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Source: The Colfax (IA) Tribune; Thursday, October 30, 1947. page 6, col. 4