Nola A. Morris
November 20, 1924 — April 29, 2008
Nola Ann Morris was born on February 20, 1924, to Guy and Eva (Morris) Strong in Hastings, Iowa. She was baptized in a farm pond outside of Carson, Iowa, through the Assembly of God Church. Nola attended school in Oakland through the seventh grade when she left school to help her parents at home.
Nola married at the age of eighteen. She spent her early married years raising her four daughters: Patty, Jean, Lou and Julia. While living on the farm, she raised chickens and pigs, and milked the cows. She loved tending to both her flower as well as vegetable gardens where she raised anything she could to can.
She enjoyed reading and studying the bible. She loved children and taught Sunday School for many years. Nola was a homemaker and helped raise other family members. She also managed various apartment complexes throughout the Midwest while traveling with her husband of over twenty-five years, Jimmie Morris. Collecting rocks was one of her favorite activities and she acquired hundreds during her many trips.
After her retirement, Nola and Jimmie spent a few years in Marne, Iowa, before settling near her family in Little Sioux, Iowa. She was also quite proud of her Irish heritage.
Nola died on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, having attained the age of eighty-four years. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Orville, Jim and Donald Strong.
She is survived by her husband, Jimmie Morris of Little Sioux, Iowa; daughters: Patty and her husband Kenny Bauman of Little Sioux; Jean and her husband Gene Easley of Alamo, Texas, Lou and her husband Rick Diemer of Hancock, Iowa, and Julia and her husband Stephen Sadler of Gambrills, Maryland; four grandchildren; three step grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; nine great- great grandchildren; her sister, Bonnie Moore of Oakland, Iowa; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many, many friends.
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Nola married at the age of eighteen. She spent her early married years raising her four daughters: Patty, Jean, Lou and Julia. While living on the farm, she raised chickens and pigs, and milked the cows. She loved tending to both her flower as well as vegetable gardens where she raised anything she could to can.
She enjoyed reading and studying the bible. She loved children and taught Sunday School for many years. Nola was a homemaker and helped raise other family members. She also managed various apartment complexes throughout the Midwest while traveling with her husband of over twenty-five years, Jimmie Morris. Collecting rocks was one of her favorite activities and she acquired hundreds during her many trips.
After her retirement, Nola and Jimmie spent a few years in Marne, Iowa, before settling near her family in Little Sioux, Iowa. She was also quite proud of her Irish heritage.
Nola died on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, having attained the age of eighty-four years. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Orville, Jim and Donald Strong.
She is survived by her husband, Jimmie Morris of Little Sioux, Iowa; daughters: Patty and her husband Kenny Bauman of Little Sioux; Jean and her husband Gene Easley of Alamo, Texas, Lou and her husband Rick Diemer of Hancock, Iowa, and Julia and her husband Stephen Sadler of Gambrills, Maryland; four grandchildren; three step grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; nine great- great grandchildren; her sister, Bonnie Moore of Oakland, Iowa; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many, many friends.
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