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Elzina L. Abbott Morris

Birth
Kane, Greene County, Illinois, USA
Death
19 May 2009 (aged 89)
Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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Elzina L. Morris, 89, died at 3:20 p.m., Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Jerseyville after battling cancer.
She was born June 12, 1919, in Kane , the daughter of Samuel and Maude (Keown) Abbott.
For many years she had been employed as a nanny caring for many children and was a member of the Hope Lutheran Church in Jerseyville.
Surviving are two daughters, Ella Jane Pointer of Jerseyville, and Priscilla Lane of Dow; three sons, Benny Morris and Gilbert Morris, both of Jerseyville, and Delbert Morris of Dalton, Ga.; 14 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Eunice Hinson of Alton and Wanda Wilkinson of Bowling Green, Ky.; two brothers, Samuel Abbott of Carrollton and Alonzo "Jack" Abbott of Jerseyville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Effie Polito, Eylene Walther, Clara Smith, Ellen Holmes, Betty Walters; and her brothers, Thomas L., William H., Emerson Leo, Herschel Robert Abbott.
Per her request her body has been cremated and private family memorial services will be conducted at a later date.
Memorials may be given to the Hope Lutheran Church in Jerseyville in care of Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville.


Elzina L. Morris, 89, died at 3:20 p.m., Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Jerseyville after battling cancer.
She was born June 12, 1919, in Kane , the daughter of Samuel and Maude (Keown) Abbott.
For many years she had been employed as a nanny caring for many children and was a member of the Hope Lutheran Church in Jerseyville.
Surviving are two daughters, Ella Jane Pointer of Jerseyville, and Priscilla Lane of Dow; three sons, Benny Morris and Gilbert Morris, both of Jerseyville, and Delbert Morris of Dalton, Ga.; 14 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Eunice Hinson of Alton and Wanda Wilkinson of Bowling Green, Ky.; two brothers, Samuel Abbott of Carrollton and Alonzo "Jack" Abbott of Jerseyville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Effie Polito, Eylene Walther, Clara Smith, Ellen Holmes, Betty Walters; and her brothers, Thomas L., William H., Emerson Leo, Herschel Robert Abbott.
Per her request her body has been cremated and private family memorial services will be conducted at a later date.
Memorials may be given to the Hope Lutheran Church in Jerseyville in care of Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville.


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