Wasco-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Morse, Cecile Leona July 1984 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 19, 2006, 11:39 am The Dalles Weekly Reminder, July 26, 1984 Cecile Leona Morse, 88, died at a local nursing home Saturday. She was a registered nurse who lived 59 years in The Dalles. She was born June 11, 1896 in Moro. In 1927, she and her late husband, Dr. Willard N. Morse, bought the building that housed the Mid-Columbia Hospital at Fourth and Washington Streets. They owned it until 1973. It is now the Medical Arts building. Dr. Morse died in 1963. Mrs. Morse was a member of St. Vincent's Alumni Association, for years was active in the Elks Auxiliary and the Oregon State Nursing association. Survivors include a brother, Dr. Leon Moore, The Dalles; a nephew, Willard Moore, The Dalles; two nieces, Mrs. Helen Waldroff, Wilsonville; Mrs. Doris Coelsch, Moro; a stepson, Robert Morse, Scottsdale, Ariz. Private mausoleum entombment has been held under the direction of Smith Callaway Chapel. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/m/morse337gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb