07/14/1957
Name: Marie Catherine (Johnson) Gettys
Birth: Nov. 2, 1925 -Green Count, Kentucky
Death: Jul. 14, 1957 – Denison – Crawford County, Iowa
Burial: Graceland Cemetery – Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
Spouse: Gene Lloyd Gettys (b.Apr. 18, 1928 – d.Aug. 13, 2008)
Father: Leonard Allen Morrison (b.1890 – d.1930)
Mother: Sallie Catherine Nelson Morrison (b.1901 – d.1984)
Father: Robert T. Johnson (b.1890-d.1969)
Mother: Bernice P. Phelps Johnson (b.1890 – d.1974)
Marie was a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College, receiving a degree in Physical Education.
Marie was also a Red Cross water safety chairman, teaching over 1300 children to swim. Swimming and teaching were her passion.
Services held at Maxwell funeral Home in Denison, Iowa
Tuesday 10:00 A.M.
July 16, 1957
Officiating Rev. James Gundrum
Music: Dorothy Norman, Organist
Siblings:
Nora Elizabeth Morrison (Morris) Moore (1919 – 1981)*
Harlon Lee Morrison (b.1920 – d.1993)*
Delmar Ray Morrison (b.1923 – d.2009)*
Catherine Morrison-Johnson Gettys (b.1925 – d.1957)
Vernon Ray Morrison (b.1928 – d.1997)*