Marie Johnson

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Marie Johnson07/14/1957
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)*