Susan Marie "Sue" Morris

1955 - 2014

Susan Marie "Sue" Morris, 58, died Sept. 18, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn., from cancer.

She was born Oct. 28, 1955, in Marshalltown, to Donald L. and Lorena Mitchell Morris. She graduated in 1973 from Boone Community Schools and from Wartburg College in Waverly, in 1977.

Sue worked for several years as a vocal music teacher in rural public schools before receiving a Master of Arts degree in library science from the University of Iowa in 1983. She worked in college and public libraries in Quincy, Ill., Waverly Cedar Falls and was director of Le Mars Public Library from 1994 to '99.

She served five years as a reporter for the Le Mars Daily Sentinel before moving to Fayetteville, Ark., in 2005, where she joined the staff of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.

Sue enjoyed her dogs, classical music, books, movies, and TV, especially Star Trek. She was recently elected to the vestry of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Rogers, Ark.

Her parents and her partner, Marsha Melnichak, preceded Sue in death.

Survivors include her brother, Stephen L. Morris and his wife, Pat, of St. Paul, Minn.; sister, Marcia Sheldon and her husband, Joel, of Urbandale; brother, Marvin Morris and his wife, Patricia, of Bondurant; and several nieces and nephews.
Sue's body has been donated to the University of Minnesota's medical school. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Oct. 18, 2014, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Rogers, Arkansas.