E. L. MORRISON, AGE 64 DIES
                                            
  Elmer L. Morrison, age 64, of rural Sigourney died November 4 at Mercy  
  Hospital in Iowa City.
  
  He was born April 25, 1914, near Keswick, a son of Edward and Mary Etta 
  Scott Morrison. He attended  rural school near  his home and graduated  
  from Keswick  High  School  in 1931.  He  married  Irene  Fairchild at  
  Lancaster, Mo., June 9, 1937. He farmed  40 years in Keokuk county. He  
  raised purebred Hereford cattle, was a member of the American Hereford  
  Association and was involved in the ASCS program. He was one of Keokuk  
  County's Master  Swine Producers  in 1951  and  served as  a Sigourney  
  township trustee. He  was a charter  member and past  president of the  
  Sigourney Lion's  Club.  He  helped  re-organize  the  Sigourney  Fire  
  Department and was presently serving as treasurer. He joined the United 
  Methodist Church Easter Sunday, 1939, and was an active member serving  
  as trustee and a member of the official board.
  
  Survivors include his wife,  Irene; one daughter,  Mrs. Philip (Sally)  
  Patton of  Sioux  City;  two  sons,  Dr.  Milton  Edward  Morrison  of  
  Friendswood, Texas, and Dan F. Morrison of Sigourney; six grandchildren, 
  Eric, Brian and Andrew  Morrison, Jody and  Christopher Patton and Dan  
  Jamie Morrison; Sisters, Mrs Clem (Ruth) Seiwert of Sigourney and Mrs.  
  Harold (Ferne)  Franklin  of  Iowa  City;  three  brothers,  Ellis  of  
  Millersburg, Roscoe of Des Moines & A. Raymond of North English. He was 
  preceded in  death by  one sister,  Hattie Wilkerson;  three brothers,  
  Forrest, Orville and Edward.
  
  Funeral services were held  Tuesday at the  United Methodist Church of  
  Sigourney with  the  Rev. Frank  Greenwood  officiating.  Mrs. Charles  
  Phelps was organist.  burial was in Pleasant Grove cemetery.
  
  Arrangements were by Holm Funeral Home of Sigourney.
  
  Memorials may be  given to the  Sigourney Fire Department  or the Iowa  
  Lions Eye Bank.

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Re-typed by Lyman Morrison, 1994.