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Barbara Mortensen Morrey
11/17/1928 — 07/29/2011
From Richland, WA, US | Born in Monroe, Utah
Barbara Mortensen Morrey
Barbara Mortensen Morrey passed away peacefully at her home in Richland, Washington on Friday, July 29, 2011 after a short bout with cancer. Barbara was born in Monroe, Utah on November 17, 1928, the daughter of James Vernal & Norma Swindle Mortensen. Her mother was taken by cancer when Barbara was 14 years old. Her second mother was Melba Erickson Mortensen. Barbara graduated from South Sevier High School and attended Utah State University and Brigham Young University.
Barbara married John R. Morrey in the Manti LDS Temple, Manti, Utah, on March 14, 1952. After faithfully supporting her husband through college and graduate school by working outside jobs and bearing three children, she and her husband moved to Richland, Washington in December, 1957, where she lived, with short exceptions, the rest of her life. Her occupation was a homemaker. She worked briefly at Battelle Northwest as a team leader. Barbara is survived by Vernal Joseph brother & Anora Mortensen; Fred James brother and Sylvia Mortensen; John R husband Morrey; John D. son and Lynne Morrey; Stephen R sonand Karen Morrey; Dianna daughter and Niel Campbell; Eugene V.son and Kathy Morrey; and Stacie daughter and David Cheney. She is also survived by twenty five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Barbara was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over the years she has served faithfully in many church positions, including being the wife of a bishop, stake president and the first mission president in Romania, caring for some 250 missionaries and helping to establish auxiliary programs and humanitarian efforts in the country.
Funeral services will be held in the Richland LDS Stake Center, 1720 Thayer Drive, Richland Washington at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 6, 2011. Viewing will be the Stake Center from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.
Interment will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Richland.
I will miss Sister Morrey. She always brought the spirit to my class and was a joy to have in class.
We will miss Aunt Barbara! She was a kind, elegant and noble woman. I’m sorry we cannot attend the services. Our love and prayers go out the the family.
Dear Morrey Family,
I am so saddened by the passing your sweet mother, wife and grandmother. Barbara was my friend and the mother of my good friend Dianna. She was always around to help us make cookies or get ready for a sleep over. She was always kind to me as a child, young adult and an adult. She was wise and gave me comfort on many occasions. I loved seeing the sweet relationship she and John had. It was an example to me of a great marriage. She loved everyone and I always felt that. There was always room for me in their home growing up. She was a happy person and I loved to be around her. I will miss her. Your family has always so special to me. Thank you for your love and support throughout my life.
Love, Janet Nelson-Carpenter
I just wanted to let all of you know you are in my thoughts and prayers. I was so sad to learn of Mrs. Morrey’s passing. I have the best memories of her and the Morrey family. Growing up next door was so much fun. I remember the first day meeting the Morrey family when we moved in. I know how much she will be missed. Love to all of you.
Dear John & Family, We just heard of dear Barbara’s passing. She is now in the arms of Heavenly Father, having earned a great reward of wonderful service in helping and teaching others, and in missionary work. She has a loving heart and is a great example to her husband and children. She loved you all so very much. She gave her all to everyone she met and will be blessed in the eternities for accomplishing all Heavenly Father wanted her to do in the service of others. We shall miss her, but we know she is in a better place and we hope we will be worthy to meet her there in time. We love you all and wish we could be there for the funeral, but Saturday is the Belliston reunion and Vern has an assignment to talk about his mother who passed away many years ago. May Heavenly Father bless you all with faith and solace at this difficult time and in the future. Love always, Vern and Leora and Family
Our thoughts and prayers are with Aunta Barbara’s family. She was a wonderful lady. We love you Aunt Barbara. From: Jeremy, Laura & Bridger deJong Laura is Kathy Gillies Kent’s daughter.
Dear John and family, Barbara has been one of our dearest friends. The Morrey family has been important to us – involving our annual Christmas Eve celebrations. We deeply appreciated our time with Barbara and John in Bucharest. In one of our last interactions with Barbara, she indicated that she had no regrets and had lived a good life. She was a great friend, and we will miss her deeply. May the peace of faith in the reality of a time of reunion be with John and the family.
Dear Pres. Morrey, we are saddened to hear of the passing of your wife. She was a special lady and we know she will be missed by family and many friends. Take comfort in your eternal marriage and know you will be with her again.
Our hearts were saddened today with the news that one of our dearest friends had passed from this life. Barbara Morrey had a significant influence on us and indeed on our entire family. She and John customarily went about helping others and it was in these circumstances that we became acquanted. Our family of seven moved to Richland in October 1977, living in one room of the Holiday Inn. There was a delay in occupying our house and Bishop Morrey and Barbara invited us to stay with them. This was to be a never-to-be-forgotten experience for our family and we grew to love the Morrey family. Barbara was a special, elect lady and we shall never forget her. We are saddened that we will be unable to attend her services, but please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time.
My dear John and family. I send my condolencesto you on the loss of our dear Barbara. She was a remarkeble woman as you well know and touched and influenced so many lives during her time on this earth. My family and I were most fortunate that she came into our lives at a very difficult time and by her example and strong faith helped us to move on with our lives after the loss of our oldest daughter. I feel most fortunate that I had the opportunity to visit with you and Barbara during Eugene’s hospitalization in Spokane.
Dear John and family, I want you to know how grateful I am to have had the great opportunity to know and work with you and Sister Morrey as you so faithfully served in Salt Lake City. Please accept my sincere thanks and love at this time of your loss. I will always be grateful for the wonderful experiences we shared.
Dear John and family we are so sorry for your loss we will miss sister Morrey she was always so kind to our family and always put smiles on our faces we feel bleesed that we were able to get to know her and be loved by her
We are so sad to see such a special, loving and wonderful friend pass on. We wish the family peace and our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time. We love you and will miss Sister Morrey.
Barbara was a great example, a loving woman, and one of the best visting teaching companions I ever had. She shall be missed. I am thankful for the testimony I have of eternal families and the love our Savior has for each of us.
Have been thinking back this past week of the memories we had growing up with your family. There was never a dull moment when mom and Barbara got together. There was the stock pile of lima beans and ham purchased for the Cubian missle crisis, the cords of wood, but most of all the wonderful Christmas eve parties…Barbara never disappointed when it came to a good meal. As mom and Barbara used to say we have to create family when we are so far away from our own. Babara was a wonderful lady that radiated with kindness and compassion. She fulfilled her mission on earth with valor and will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Aunt Barbara was such a kind thoughtful Aunt. She was always interested in our lives and what we might be doing. We will miss her. We want Uncle John and the family to know that our prayers are being said on your behalf. We will always appreciate her wonderful example and her love for family. We love you Uncle John and Aunt Barbara…
Back in the mid 1970’s, I was a young missionary in Richland. Elder McLaughlin and I came to love and trust Sister Morrey for her love of the gospel and her willingness to share it. We received over 90 referrals from her, including some that led to baptisms. Bishop and Sister Morrey helped us love the work and love Richland. Thank you Bishop and Sister Morrey for living lives that reflected the light of Christ and the love of the gospel.
Scott Williams
San Antonio, Texas
Washington Seattle Mission
1976-9178
I am so grateful for the chance to visit with Barbara the last time I was home when she had just returned from Salt Lake and her surgery. I always felt as if we were kindred spirits and she will be greatly missed. My condolences to President Morrey and the other family members. With all my love, Carolyn
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