Elizabeth Penn Lucas Morris

MORRIS, LUCAS, PENN

Posted By: Michael (email)
Date: 10/16/2008 at 16:54:16

Elizabeth Penn Lucas Morris, 85, of Iowa City, died Wednesday evening, Oct. 8, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. She was in the company of her daughters.
A visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday October 14 at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service in Iowa City where the family will greet friends. A service and burial will be at National Memorial Park cemetery in Falls Church, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Iowa City Animal Center Foundation.
Elizabeth was born November 15, 1922 to Libbie Lee Penn and The Rev. Philip Elmer Lucas in Bellevue, Kentucky. She grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where she attended Washington-Lee High School and later married James Barton Morris on April 6, 1951.
She moved to Iowa City in 2001 to be closer to her family. Her passions in life were celebrating God’s grace, loving her family, and painting with her friends at the Senior Center.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband and four siblings including Forrest Lee Rothbauer, Mildred Houser, Charles W. Lucas, and Philip Elmer Lucas, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Christina Morris McOmber and daughter-in-law Lori Goetsch, as well as her faithful feline companion Luna.