MORRIS, Blanche Louise: Died 1982

MORRIS, WILLSON, JAMES, HUFF, BEEBE

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Date: 8/15/2021 at 13:39:18

**Handwritten: 18 Mar '82 Leader

BLANCHE LOUISE WILLSON MORRIS

Blanche Louise Willson Morris passed away February 6, 1982, in Redlands, California.

Born November 24, 1902 in Colfax, Illinois, to John A. Willson and Iris James Willson. Her family moved to a farm near Bonaparte, Iowa while she was a small child, then to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa where she graduated from high school in 1922. She attended State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, after which she taught school for several years.

She married Fred Beebe in 1933 and John V. Morris in 1947, both preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one in infancy and Charles Edmund "Pinkie" Willson, two sisters, one in infancy and Florence Margaret Huff.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews and two stepsons.

She was a member of Soroptemus Club, as a lady locksmith, a registered physical therapist, lifetime member of the Delta Theta Chi Sorority, traveling for many years as a national field secretary and also was active till her death in the Citrus Blossom Chapter, Sweet Adelines, Inc. at Redlands, California.

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 90,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA