Marguerite Johnson Morey

MARGUERITE JOHNSON MOREY

Iowa City

Marguerite Johnson Morey, 100, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at Briarwood Health Care Center in Iowa City, Iowa.

Graveside Committal Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Oakwood Cemetery in Monticello, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Iowa City or a local charity of choice.

Marguerite was born in Earlville, Iowa, to Dale F and Ruth (Schaller) Johnson. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1939 and from Cedar Rapids Business College in 1945.

She married Dean A. Morey of Monticello, Iowa, at the home of her parents in Mount Vernon in 1944. Her husband, Chaplain (COL) Morey, was a career U.S. Army officer. She and their two daughters accompanied him on his assignments through the years, including six years in Germany, three years on Okinawa, various places in California, and Missouri.

She served as a Gray Lady Red Cross volunteer at Army posts overseas and in California, and also was active in Girl Scouts on Okinawa and in San Francisco. She received the Grand Cross of Color from the Order of the Rainbow for Girls in San Pedro, Calif. She was an avid traveler and reader, and her wonderful needlework was admired by all.

Upon Dean's retirement from the Army in 1972, Marguerite and Dean moved to Iowa City. Marguerite was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Iowa City and of the Mercy Guild of Mercy Hospital.

She was preceded in death by her parents in 1976, her husband in 1997, her brother and sister-in-law, Eldon and Dorothy Johnson; her son-in-law, Gerhard Liehsel; and her niece, Sara Johnson.

She is survived by her daughters, Mardean Badger and her husband Ellison, and Martha Liehsel; her grandson, Richard Badger; and niece, Lisa Van Sickle and her husband Harvey.

Online condolences at www.lensingfuneral.com