Maxine M. Morris Died Jan. 7, 2017

Maxine M. Morris

Died Jan. 7, 2017

LAKE LEELANAU – Maxine Margaret Morris, 92, of Lake Leelanau, passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 at Munson Medical Center.

  Maxine was born June 2, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri the only child of Chester C. Cummins and Letha L. (Gregory) Cummins.  On Feb. 10, 1941, she married her loving husband of seventy-five years, Theodore Clark Morris Sr., who survives.

  One of God’s most beautiful angels left this world and flew back up to heaven to return to her heavenly Father’s side where she rightfully belongs.  Maxine will be watching over all of us like she never could in her earthly body here and we can find peace in the fact that she will no longer feel the pain and frustration from the side effects of the stroke she experienced four and a half years ago.

  Maxine was by far as close to a saint as is possible here on earth.  She was the best mother and friend we could have ever hoped for or even imagined and we will all be eternally blessed forever to have had the opportunity to call her wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.  She will always be our shining star!

  She created a great wave and eternal legacy on this earth of kindness, caring, tender heartedness, compassion and most of all love; through her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren by just being the person God created her to be.  A loving, caring, supportive mother who never gave up on her children.  That’s all her job here on earth was intended to be in her view.

  Maxine will be deeply missed but never forgotten here because she continues to live in the hearts of all of us that know and love her.

  She was not only our mom, she was truly our best friend.  Her love was completely unconditional.  Nothing meant more to her in this world than her husband and children and she would have sacrificed her own needs for ours.  We can only hope to be a small portion of the wife, mom, grandma and if God chooses someday great grandma; that she has been to all of us.

  Her life’s example to all of us has been God’s special gift and we will strive every day to carry on that legacy and pass on that gift to the lives that we touch in this world, as she did.  We will stay focused on what really matters in this world!  One can’t take the things of this world with you but you can leave behind an eternal legacy that can change lives forever if you have the right focus here on earth, as Maxine also did.

  We will all be very sad to not have Maxine here with us on this earth but will rest in the fact that she is at peace with Jesus in paradise and we will all be re-united in heaven someday.

  Maxine is survived by her husband, Ted; eight children, Ted (Blanche) Morris Jr., Carol Chrisman, Dave (Lanette) Morris, Dan (Sharon) Morris, Marie (Mike) Rothgarber, Trish (Chuck) Mehney, Christine (Dean) Allison, Jim Morris; twenty one grandchildren, Kelly (Rod) Killian, Nancy (Danny) Lacy, Gerard Morris, Donna (Todd) Gerard, Debbie (Ken) Hunroe, Becky (Charlie) Jacobson, Isreal Bradshaw, Erik Morris, Bob Morris, Chris (Samantha Lucas) Morris, Renee Rothgarber, Jason Morio, Tony (Stephanie White) Morio, Brandon Morio, Matt Marek, Sean Marek, Ryan Marek, Mickey Copley, Brandon Allison, Amanda Allison, Jessica Allison; eleven great grandchildren, Jimmy Lacy, Mary Lacy, Kayla Gerard, Derek Gerard, Melony Hunroe, Heather Hunroe, Haley Jacobson, Nathan Morio, Ethan Morio, William Morio and Lilo Morio.

  She was preceded in death by her parents.

    Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11 with the Rosary to be prayed at 7 p.m. at the Martinson Funeral Home of Suttons Bay.  The mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan 12 with visitation at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church of Lake Leelanau.  Burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery will be held in the spring.  Father Michael Janowski will serve as celebrant.

  Memorials may be directed to St. Mary Church, P.O. Box 340, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653.

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