Lyman Morrison of California Dies

Lyman Earl Morrison, 65, of Riverside, Calif., formerly of Sigourney,
died Wed., April 10, 1996, at Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical
Center of congestive heart failure.

He was born July 27, 1930, near Webster to Forrest and Mary Teresa
Shannon Morrison.  he graduated from the Delta High School in 1947.
He married Marietta Wilfaun of Bloomfield on Feb. 6, 1952 in
Sigourney. He served in the US Army for two years and was discharged
as a corporal in 1954. He was awarded a Korean Service Medal with two
Bronze Stars and United Nations Service and National Defense medals.
Hi lived in Riverside for 30 years and was an electrical power lineman
with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local
1245, having retired in 1992.

he is survived by his wife, three daughters, Sherry Fowler of Castle
Rock, Colo., Catherine Villegas of Riverside, Calif., and Melanie
Brandt of Irvine, Calif.; a son, Curt of Yucaipa, Calif.; nine
grandchildren, one great-grandchild; two sisters, Helen Nicklaus of
Lone Tree and Lois Scurlock of Melcher; and three brothers, Merle of
Sigourney, Gerald of St. Louis, Mo., and Jim of Geneseo, Ill.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two infant sons.

Services were held April 16 at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle
Catholic Church in Riverside where he was a parishioner.  Burial was
in Riverside National Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Merle, Gerald, Jim and Curt Morrison and Arthur and
Brendon Villegas.

A memorial was given to the Keokuk County Historical Society in
Sigourney in his honor.

Sigourney News-Review
April 24, 1996
typed by Dennis Nicklaus 1996.