Dorothy May Morris

Dorothy M. Morris, 89, of Maquoketa, Iowa, died on Saturday morning, April 13, 2013, at the Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa, Iowa. Friends and family may gather in remembrance of Dorothy and Maurice (who died on July 11, 2013) on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, from 5 to 7 P.M. in "The Bistro" at the Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. Public Graveside Military honors will be held at 1 P.M. on Wednesday, July 24, 2013, from the Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois. Dorothy May Grager was born on October 22, 1923 in Maquoketa, Iowa, to Barney Nicholas and Mary (Glesener) Grager. She grew up in Maquoketa and was a graduate of Maquoketa High School. Following her graduation from Maquoketa High School, Dorothy worked as a bookkeeper for the U.S. Government in Washington, DC and then entered the military where she worked in the Finance Department for the USMC. While in the military, she met her future husband, Maurice Leon Morris, and they were married on February 24, 1945 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. She then returned to Maquoketa where she worked as a teller at the former Jackson State Bank, and later in the Jackson County Treasurer...[more]

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Office as acting County Treasurer. Lastly, she had worked for KMAQ Radio Station in Maquoketa as a bookkeeper for over 26 years. Dorothy was a member of the Maquoketa Country Club and the Maquoketa American Legion Post #75. She had been baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Maquoketa. Dorothy was an avid golfer and had been a past champion at the Maquoketa Country Club. Those left to honor Dorothy's memory include her husband, Maurice Morris of Maquoketa, IA; children, Leon Morris of Flower Mound, TX, and Cheryl Morris of Amado, TX; 1 grandson, David Morris; and a sister, Mavis (Harold) Bechel of Maquoketa, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents, and 3 sisters, Alverda Usher, Ernestine Bartels and Marianne Wendel. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Assocation. Online condolences may be left at www.CarsonAndSon.com.