Funeral services for Laura "Babe" Morris will be 1 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2014 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Visitation will be prior to services from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Missouri. Contributions to Bear Creek Cemetery or American Heart Association.
Laura Francis Morris, age 95 of Montrose, Missouri died Monday, March 17, 2014 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was born October 9, 1918 to John and Mary Ruth Nida Boyd in Henry County, Missouri.
Babe is survived by her two daughters-in-law, Erma Wainscott and husband Ron of Butler, Missouri and Carol Morris of Springfield, Missouri; five grandchildren, Gene Morris and wife Brandy of Butler, Missouri, Gail Perrymann and husband Robert of Urich, Missouri, Linda Cumpton and husband Levon of Jefferson City, Missouri, Jeff Morris and wife Diane of Lee’s Summit, Missouri and Craig Morris and wife Shauna of Ft. Worth, Texas; nine great-grandchildren, Alex, Scott, Macie, Emily, Chance, Adam, Abby, Ashton and Luke; and many nephews, nieces and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Ralph; two sons, Michael and Bill; two brothers, Kermit “Mutt” and Allie; and two sisters, Katherine Drake and Mary Duewel.
