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Edith Cole Morris

Female 1915 - 1977  (62 years)


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  • Name Edith Cole Morris 
    Born 8 Jun 1915  Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 Nov 1977  Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 11 Nov 1977  Circleville Cemetery, Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5141  Rossville
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2018 

    Father Timothy Cole 
    Mother Eva Stauffer Cole 
    Family ID F6659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George T Morris 
    Married 28 Dec 1935  Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Barbara Jean Morris Brown Hutchinson
     2. Timothy B Morris
     3. Marsha Morris Bain Pappen
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2018 14:04:11 
    Family ID F4291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Jun 1915 - Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Nov 1977 - Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 11 Nov 1977 - Circleville Cemetery, Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Morris, Edith
    Obituary- Morris, Edith
    Mrs. Edith Morris

    CIRCLEVILLE - Mrs. Edith Cole Morris, 62, died Tuesday at her home here. She had been released several hours earlier from a Holton hospital where she had undergone treatment for a heart ailment.

    Mrs. Morris taught 44 years in schools in Jackson and Shawnee counties. She taught in Holton schools the past 10 years and earlier in schools at Silver Lake, Hoyt, Circleville, and Soldier.

    She was born June 8, 1915, at Circleville, the daughter of Timothy and Eva Cole and spent most of her life in the Circleville community. She was a member of the United Methodist Church at Circleville and Delta Kappa Gamma teachers sorority.

    She was married to George T. Morris Dec. 28,1935, at Westmoreland. He survives.

    Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Jean Brown, Anthony, and Mrs. Marsha Bain, Holton; a son, Timothy B. Morris, Holton; a sister, Mrs. Corinne Mitchell, Rossville; and six grandchildren.

    Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mercer Funeral Home at Holton. Burial will be in Circleville Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Edith Morris Memorial Fund yet to be designated by relatives and sent in care of Denison State Bank at Holton.