Donald E. Morrow, 80, of Hooper died Jan. 13, 1991, in an Omaha hospital. Services were Jan. 16 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper. The Rev. Curtis Benson officiated.
He was born Sept. 3, 1910, in Tekamah and lived in Litchfield before moving to Hooper in 1944. He attended District No. 6, graduated from Riverside High School in 1929 and Wayne State College in 1935. He received his master's degree in 1945 from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Morrow started his teaching career north of Lyons at Blackbird High School. He also taught at Homer, Oconto and Litchfield. He was superintendent of Hooper Public Schools from 1944-46 and a member of the Hooper school board for many years and president of the school board at the time Logan View Junior-Senior High School was built.
He sold insurance from 1946 until his retirement in 1985. He was inducted into the Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Iowa Hall of Fame in 1985.
Memberships included the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge A.F. & A, M. No. 72, Lions Club, Order of the Eastern Star Friendship Chapter No. 122, Lambda Delta Lambda Honor Science Fraternity, and past member of the Commercial Club and Elkhorn Valley Golf Course.
June 2, 1940, he married Irene Lewis in Lincoln.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a granddaughter, Vickie VanAvlin, a sister, Mary (Mrs. Wilber Hieber), and brothers, Arthur and Glenn.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, Mary Lynne (Mrs. Richard VanValin) of Ames, Iowa; son, David of Riverside, Ill.; four sisters, Margaret Hale and Iva Arnold both of Lyons, Florence Mack of Yakima, Wash., and Ella McCluskey of Prosser, Wash., and four grandchildren.
Masonic graveside services were conducted by AF & AM No. 72 at the Hooper Cemetery.
He was born Sept. 3, 1910, in Tekamah and lived in Litchfield before moving to Hooper in 1944. He attended District No. 6, graduated from Riverside High School in 1929 and Wayne State College in 1935. He received his master's degree in 1945 from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Morrow started his teaching career north of Lyons at Blackbird High School. He also taught at Homer, Oconto and Litchfield. He was superintendent of Hooper Public Schools from 1944-46 and a member of the Hooper school board for many years and president of the school board at the time Logan View Junior-Senior High School was built.
He sold insurance from 1946 until his retirement in 1985. He was inducted into the Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Iowa Hall of Fame in 1985.
Memberships included the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge A.F. & A, M. No. 72, Lions Club, Order of the Eastern Star Friendship Chapter No. 122, Lambda Delta Lambda Honor Science Fraternity, and past member of the Commercial Club and Elkhorn Valley Golf Course.
June 2, 1940, he married Irene Lewis in Lincoln.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a granddaughter, Vickie VanAvlin, a sister, Mary (Mrs. Wilber Hieber), and brothers, Arthur and Glenn.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, Mary Lynne (Mrs. Richard VanValin) of Ames, Iowa; son, David of Riverside, Ill.; four sisters, Margaret Hale and Iva Arnold both of Lyons, Florence Mack of Yakima, Wash., and Ella McCluskey of Prosser, Wash., and four grandchildren.
Masonic graveside services were conducted by AF & AM No. 72 at the Hooper Cemetery.
Donald E. Morrow, 80, of Hooper died Jan. 13, 1991, in an Omaha hospital. Services were Jan. 16 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper. The Rev. Curtis Benson officiated.
He was born Sept. 3, 1910, in Tekamah and lived in Litchfield before moving to Hooper in 1944. He attended District No. 6, graduated from Riverside High School in 1929 and Wayne State College in 1935. He received his master's degree in 1945 from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Morrow started his teaching career north of Lyons at Blackbird High School. He also taught at Homer, Oconto and Litchfield. He was superintendent of Hooper Public Schools from 1944-46 and a member of the Hooper school board for many years and president of the school board at the time Logan View Junior-Senior High School was built.
He sold insurance from 1946 until his retirement in 1985. He was inducted into the Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Iowa Hall of Fame in 1985.
Memberships included the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge A.F. & A, M. No. 72, Lions Club, Order of the Eastern Star Friendship Chapter No. 122, Lambda Delta Lambda Honor Science Fraternity, and past member of the Commercial Club and Elkhorn Valley Golf Course.
June 2, 1940, he married Irene Lewis in Lincoln.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a granddaughter, Vickie VanAvlin, a sister, Mary (Mrs. Wilber Hieber), and brothers, Arthur and Glenn.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, Mary Lynne (Mrs. Richard VanValin) of Ames, Iowa; son, David of Riverside, Ill.; four sisters, Margaret Hale and Iva Arnold both of Lyons, Florence Mack of Yakima, Wash., and Ella McCluskey of Prosser, Wash., and four grandchildren.
Masonic graveside services were conducted by AF & AM No. 72 at the Hooper Cemetery.
He was born Sept. 3, 1910, in Tekamah and lived in Litchfield before moving to Hooper in 1944. He attended District No. 6, graduated from Riverside High School in 1929 and Wayne State College in 1935. He received his master's degree in 1945 from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Morrow started his teaching career north of Lyons at Blackbird High School. He also taught at Homer, Oconto and Litchfield. He was superintendent of Hooper Public Schools from 1944-46 and a member of the Hooper school board for many years and president of the school board at the time Logan View Junior-Senior High School was built.
He sold insurance from 1946 until his retirement in 1985. He was inducted into the Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Iowa Hall of Fame in 1985.
Memberships included the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge A.F. & A, M. No. 72, Lions Club, Order of the Eastern Star Friendship Chapter No. 122, Lambda Delta Lambda Honor Science Fraternity, and past member of the Commercial Club and Elkhorn Valley Golf Course.
June 2, 1940, he married Irene Lewis in Lincoln.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a granddaughter, Vickie VanAvlin, a sister, Mary (Mrs. Wilber Hieber), and brothers, Arthur and Glenn.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, Mary Lynne (Mrs. Richard VanValin) of Ames, Iowa; son, David of Riverside, Ill.; four sisters, Margaret Hale and Iva Arnold both of Lyons, Florence Mack of Yakima, Wash., and Ella McCluskey of Prosser, Wash., and four grandchildren.
Masonic graveside services were conducted by AF & AM No. 72 at the Hooper Cemetery.
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