Obituaries : Corleen Marie Freeman Morrison

Corleen Marie Freeman Morrison

Corleen Marie Freeman Morrison, 81, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a courageous battle with cancer.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, June 12, 2010 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating. Committal Services will be held at 1:30 PM on Saturday at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Visitation will also be held at the church from 4 to 7 PM on Friday. A Memorial Fund has been established. Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements.

Corleen was born October 2, 1928 at Newhall to George and Matilda (Koopman) Freeman and graduated from the Newhall High School in 1946.

On October 15, 1950 she was united in marriage to Alden J. Morrison at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall. Corleen was employed at Norwest Bank in Newhall for forty-two years and retired as Manager in 1996. A member of St John Lutheran Church in Newhall, Corleen was also a member of several card clubs, and was an avid Hawkeye Sports Fan. She loved entertaining family and friends, shared her kind and tender heart with older people and those in need, and collected Boyd's Bears.

She is survived by her husband, Alden of Newhall; her daughters, Amy (Don) Frazier of Van Horne, and Sue (Jim) Wubben of Buffalo Center; and five grandchildren, Rachel and Ashlee Frazier, and Amanda, Melissa, and Jessica Wubben.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Charles Hannemann.