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Marilyn Sidwell Morrison Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 1960
Date of Passing Oct 08, 2011
About Marilyn S. Morrison, 69, of Zanesville, died at 4:23 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born on September 20, 1942 in Zanesville to the late Glen and Hazel Gallogly Sidwell. Marilyn was a member at St. Thomas Catholic Church. She graduated from Zanesville High School in 1960, graduate of Ohio University, and Muskingum College where she earned a Masters Degree. Marilyn was a school teacher at St. Nicholas Catholic School. She taught school for thirty-nine years, and thirty-five of those years at the St. Nicholas Catholic School. While a teacher at Saint Nicholas Catholic School she was named Teacher of the year in the Catholic Schools Diocese's of Columbus. Marilyn was an avid reader, a member of the Authors Club and loved working in her garden and being with her family.

Surviving are her husband, John W. Morrison, whom she married on August 17, 1963; a daughter, Karen Kline of Zanesvillle; a son, Jeffrey W. Morrison of Zanesville; two grandsons, Justin Owen and Jarod Kline both of Zanesville.

In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by a brother, Glen D. Sidwell.

Marilyn will be laid to rest at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Zanesville.
Marilyn Sidwell Morrison