Betty M. Morris
Betty M. Morris, 84, of Beverly, OH, passed away at 11:56am, Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Muskingum Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born in Marietta to Arthur and Ella Pabst Schwarz on July 17, 1930.
Betty was a graduate of Marietta High School, Class of 1948, attended Fifth Street Church of Christ in Beverly and volunteered with Bingo at the nursing home. She had been employed as a cook at Barlow Vincent Elementary School in Warren Local School District.
On May 30, 1948, she married Robert H. Morris who survives with a son and a daughter: Harvey (Patricia) Morris of Medina, OH and Alta Jean (Ralph) Coffman of Beverly; grandchildren: Meredith (Andrew) Chan, Chad (Carmen) Coffman, Kelly (Brock) Robertson, Joel (Eric) Huck, Julie (Caleb) Hunter, Alicia Coffman and her fiancé Bryan Phelps; great grandchildren: Mia Chan, Caden, Belle and Athena Coffman, Reed and Reese Robertson, Brenden, Lexie, Camryn and Jantzyn Huck, Kendra Hunter, and special niece Betty Lee Waggoner.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers: Robert and Harry Schwarz and Edwin Pabst, and sister Florence Baker.
Friends are welcome to attend a celebration of her life that will be held on Tuesday (March 31) at 7:00pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1503 Glendale Road, Marietta. Memorial contributions in Betty’s memory may be made to Beverly/Waterford Rescue Squad, P O Box 146, Waterford, OH 45786, or Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018, or American Diabetes Association, P O Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.
McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home is assisting the family and messages of sympathy may be sent at www.Lankfordfh.com.