Phyllis Gail (Barker) Morrissey (2015)
MORRISSEY, BARKER, THURMAN, BELL, BOGGUS, GUIDRY
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 7/30/2015 at 16:16:33
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 29, 2015PHYLLIS GAIL MORRISSEY, Columbia, Mo.
Phyllis Gail Barker Morrissey, age 73, passed away on Friday evening, July 24, 2015, in Columbia, Mo.
Phyllis was born in Lorimor, Iowa, on Dec. 8, 1941, to Norman L. Barker and Wilma Thurman Barker. She married Larry E. Morrissey on Oct. 12, 1960, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Phyllis loved three things: travel, words and chocolate. Adventurous at heart, she rode roller coasters in Tivoli Gardens, camels in Egypt and stunt planes in Indiana. In 2010, at the age of 68, she went parasailing in the Red Sea. Recent travel highlights included journeys to France and England with close friends. Phyllis worked in the printing industry in Des Moines, Iowa and Carmel, Indiana before transitioning to administrative support roles for St. Mark’s United Methodist Church and the City of Carmel. She was also a voracious reader and after retiring, often consumed books at the rate of five or six a week. Her sense of humor was legendary and still on display for her caregivers and family even in her waning hours.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Larry; and her grandson, Cory Bell.
She will be greatly missed by her brother, Gary (Patricia) Barker of Winterset; sister, Patti (Dick) Boggus of Newton; children: Terry Bell (Angela) of Franklin, Tenn., Linda Morrissey (Deb) of Golden Valley, Minn., and Jon Morrissey (Alyssa Guidry) of Englewood, Colo.; her grandchildren: Ciara, Tristian and Gianna Bell; and her wide circle of extended family and friends.
The family extends a special thank you to the nurses on Six South at Boone Hospital Center for their care and compassion. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m., followed by a Celebration of Life at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Memorial Funeral Home (1217 Business Loop 70 West, Columbia, Mo.).
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