IRIS MORTON
1929 - 2018
Obituary
Iris Dean (Shaw) Morton was born Jan.
31, 1929, to Robert Emmett and Velma May (Graves) Shaw in a farmhouse
near Pomona in Franklin County. She left this life and entered the
eternal life she hoped for on Thursday (March, 15, 2018). She had
recently celebrated her 89th birthday with all of her children.
Iris and Russell Earl Morton were
married June 6, 1948, and were happily married for 56 years until
Russell's death May 26, 2004.
Iris is survived by her five children
and their spouses: David and Linda Stout Morton of Edmond, Oklahoma,
Roger and Terrill Thompson Morton, also of Edmond, Michael and Debbi
Akridge Morton of Goldsby, Oklahoma, Glenda Morton and Bill Stafford
of Moore, Oklahoma, and John and Debbie Null Morton of Wichita.
Also surviving are a brother, Loren
Shaw (Carol Shearer), Indianola, Iowa; and stepsisters, Rose Sink
Thompson (Larry), Mission, Texas, Bobbie Shaw, Louisburg and Carol
Shaw O'Keefe, Overland Park.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2
p.m. Tuesday (March 20, 2018) at Columbus Avenue Church of Christ,
101 N. Columbus Ave., Newton, with Darrick Shepherd officiating.
Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m. Monday (March 19, 2018) at Petersen
Funeral Home, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
There will be a private interment at Restlawn Gardens of Memory in
Newton.
Memorials may be left to "In
Search of the Lord's Way," care of Petersen Funeral Home.
