The Topeka Daily Capital Monday February 27, 1961 Mary Opal Morriss. Mrs. Mary Opal MORRISS, 78, a resident of Topeka since 1945, died Sunday at the home of her granddaughter, Miss Faye M. Morriss, 2212 MacVicar. Mrs. Morriss was born Dec. 6, 1882, in Boswell, Ind. Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Ida SLAYBAUGH of San Leandro, Calif., Mrs. Stella BOUSLOG of Berkeley, Calif.; and two other grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.