Henry Edward Morrissey
Henry Edward Morrissey died on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003, at the Glen Valley Care Center in Glenwood Springs. He was 88.
A rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church. The ceremony will be officiated by Father Cliff McMillan.
He was born on Feb. 15, 1915, in Cogswell, N.D.
Mr. Morrissey lived in Glenwood Springs for two years. He worked as a sand and gravel truck driver for 50 years in Orange County, Calif.
He also served as a Navy fire control man on the U.S.S. Wyoming during World War II.
Mr. Morrissey was a member of St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Glenwood Springs.
Mr. Morrissey is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jennie Mae (Kleeves) Morrissey of Glenwood Springs; by a son, John Morrissey of Alaska; by a daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Mike Herth of New Castle; by brothers Thomas Morrissey of Lancaster, Calif., and Eugene Morrissey of Fallbrook, Calif.; and by grandsons Eric and David Herth of New Castle.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, please have Masses said for Henry Morrissey.
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