This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jwelsch Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.morrissey/539/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MUSCATINE, Iowa - Marie K. Morrissey, 96, of Muscatine, died Friday, October 24, 2008, at Lutheran Homes. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Reverend John Brown will officiate the service. Pallbearers are Mike Hatfield, Tabby Hatfield, Fred Chambers, Jim Reynolds, Mark Morrissey, and Kenneth Logel. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2008, at the funeral home. Marie was born on April 19, 1912, in Muscatine, the daughter of Fred and Anna Geltz Watkins. After Fred died, Anna married Edward Ribbink and together they raised Marie. She married Robert F. Morrissey on December 31, 1935, in Rock Island, Illinois. He preceded her in death in 1969. She retired after 25 years with the Muscatine Pearl Works. She was a member of the Eagles and a past member of the Women of the Moose, Rebecca Lodge, and Pocahontas. She was a former member of the Lincoln Boulevard Church. She loved to play bingo and go to the boats. She was also a very loving and caring person. Survivors include three daughters, Rose Morrissey, Shirley Morrissey, and Pat Morrissey all of Muscatine; one daughter-in-law, Barbara Willets of Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Melody, Mike, and Mark; four great-grandchildren Mike, Tabby, Micky, and Jonathon; one great great-grandson, Brycen; many nieces and nephews, and many friends at Lutheran Homes. She was preceded in death by her parents, her step-father, her husband, one son, John Morrissey in 1975, one brother, Robert Ribbink, and one sister, Ann Logel. =================== MUSCATINE, Iowa - Helen G. Morrissey, 91, of Muscatine, died Friday, February 15, 2008, at her home. The Reverend Jason Crossen of the Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish will officiate. Honorary casket bearers will be Melissa Morrissey and Nikki Elder. Casket bearers will be Thomas Morrissey, Brian Morrissey, Christopher Elder, Jason Swafford, John Honeyman, Jim Honeyman, and Jack Wessel. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish. Helen was born on August 22, 1916, in Muscatine, the daughter of Bernard and Anna Noll Korte. She married Richard Morrissey on June 15, 1946 at the St. Mathias Church in Muscatine. He preceded her in death in 1993. She graduated from Clarke College in Dubuque and was a lifetime resident of Muscatine. Helen was a member of the Catholic Daughter of the Americas Court Joan of Arc #524 and the Ladies Guild. She enjoyed crossword puzzles. Helen is survived by her two sons, Michael Richard Morrissey, and wife Becky of Wilton and Joseph Bernard Morrissey of Mt. Pleasant; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband. ================== DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Rev. John J. Morrissey, 90, Davenport, died Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at the Kahl Home for the Aged and Infirm. Services and Mass of Christian Burial are 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport. Burial will be in the Priests Circle at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Davenport. Visitations are 2-6 p.m. Thursday, with a 5 p.m. prayer service, at the Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home and 9 a.m. until service time Friday at the cathedral. Memorials may be made to the Priests Aid Society. Rev. Morrissey was born Jan. 4, 1912, in Ottumwa, the son of John Joseph and Lila Fulton Morrissey. He attended Sacred Heart School and Ottumwa Public High School in Ottumwa. He graduated from St. Ambrose College in 1933. He attended seminary at the Sulpician Seminary and the Catholic University of America, both in Washington D.C. He was ordained at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport, March 13, 1937, by Bishop Henry P. Rohlman. His first assignment was assistant pastor of St. Mathias Parish, Muscatine, from 1937-43. He served in the faculty of St. Ambrose Academy from 1943-45, when he became the assistant pastor of St. Mary's Parish, Davenport, until 1950. He was pastor of St. Michael Parish, Holbrook, from 1950-57 when he became pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Melrose, until 1967. He was appointed pastor of St. Mary Parish, Iowa City, in 1967 and served there until 1980 when he became pastor of St. Joseph Parish, West Liberty. He retired in 1987 and in recent years has resided at St. Vincent Center and the Kahl Home, both in Davenport. He was a chaplain for the Boy Scouts of the Diocese from 1947-80 and also served on the Diocesan Priests Personnel Board. He retired as a priest for the Diocese of Davenport. Survivors include brothers, Dr. Robert Morrissey and his wife, Florence, of Louisville, Ky. and Joseph Morrissey and his wife, Rosemary, of Ottumwa; sisters-in-law, Helen Morrissey of Muscatine, Maryella Willis of Waterloo; and a brother-in-law, Jerry Schildroth of Warsaw, Ind.; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Elizabeth Schildroth; and brothers, Richard and Charles Morrissey. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.