Carolyn Lucille (Cramer) Morris, 71, Iola, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013, at her home.
She was born April 30, 1942, in Esterville, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Lucille (Bingham) Cramer. The family moved to a farm east of Gas and she graduated from Iola High School in 1961. On Aug. 1, 1962, she married Bobbie R. “Bob” Morris at LaHarpe Christian Church. They made their home in the Humboldt and Iola areas. She worked at Arkhaven and Pinecrest nursing homes. Her husband of 47 years preceded her in death on Oct. 19, 2009.
She was a member of Church of the Nazarene in Humboldt for many years.
Survivors include two sons, Toma and wife Lindsy and Tony and wife Candie; three daughters, Annie Marie Kidwell and husband Michael, Tammie J. Mitchell and fiance Joe Creviston and Towanda Belosic and husband Jonny, all of Iola; 14 grandchildren; one step-granddaughter; 10 great-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren; and one step-great-great-grandchild; one brother, David Cramer and wife, Sandy, Humboldt; three sisters, Rosa Hansen and husband Jim, Iola, Mary Henderson and husband Martin, Elsmore, and May Jackson and husband Paul, Mound City.
Preceding her in death were a son, Bobbie R. Morris, Jr., two granddaughters, Jennifer Hunt and Alli Raylynn Morris, her parents, and two sisters, Roberta “Bertie” Jackson and Lenora “Norie” Stanford.
Visitation will be 7-8 p.m. Monday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Christian Church, Iola. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, or Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF). Memorial gifts may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Carolyn Morris
