Elsie Virginia Morris

1912 - 2007

Elsie Virginia Morris

1912 - 2007

BORN

1912

DIED

2007

Elsie Morris Obituary

Published by The Chronicle on Jan. 24, 2007.
Elsie Virginia Morris, a Glenoma resident, passed away on Jan. 19, at the Liberty Country Place in Centralia at 94.
Elsie was born on July 19, 1912 in Kent, WA to James and Laura (Justus) Forinash. She was married to Philip Earl Mahar in June of 1929, and was married to Earl Morris on September 13, 1942, who passed away in 1969.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, her parents, four sisters and one brother.
Survived by her son Arthur Morris of Glenoma, her daughter Phyllis (Mahar) Workman of Matlock, WA; a step-daughter Helen Henrie of Morton; her sister Frances Dyer of Clatskanie, OR; 11 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held on Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, at the Chehalis Chapel of the Brown Mortuary Service, at 1:00 p.m. Private interment will follow at the Morton Cemetery. Memorials may be made to favorite charities.
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