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Margaret Morris
MARGARET MORRIS
Center Point
Margaret "Jean" Morris, 87, of Center Point, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospice, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point. Burial: Quasqueton Cemetery, Quasqueton.
Survivors include her children, Richard Morris of Center Point and Sharon (Karl) Kirkpatrick of Iowa City; two grandchildren, Jealee (Matt) Hall-Jones and John Hall; two great-granddaughters, Aspen and Raven Hall; and one sister, Roberta Anderson of Splendora, Texas.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Betty Greene, Dorothy Weber and Zinita Morris.
Born Oct. 3, 1926, in Buchanan County, Iowa, Margaret was the daughter of William and Gladys (Moore) Wedge. She grad-uated from Quasqueton High School and Iowa State Teachers College. Margaret was a replacement teacher for rural Buchanan County country schools. In 1949, she married Harold Morris. They divorced in 1971. She worked for Honeywell Micro Switch in Independence until it closed in the early 1960s and then went to work for Rockwell Collins, retiring in 1992.
Margaret's greatest joy was spending time with her family. She belonged to the Happy Hour Card Club and enjoyed going to casinos to gamble.
The family wishes to thank St. Luke's Hospice for their wonderful care of "Jean."
Please sign the online guest book for Margaret at www.murdochfuneral home.com under obituaries.
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