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Helen Jeanne Morriss
1928 - 2001 (73 years)
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Name Helen Jeanne Morriss [1, 2] Born 8 Feb 1928 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah 
[1] Gender Female Died 15 Dec 2001 St. George, Washington, Utah (Pneumonia) - Helen Jeanne Morriss was born on February 8, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Theodore Melvin Morriss, Jr. and Helen Charlotte Parker. Jeanne was always proud that she was the great granddaughter of Henry Grow who was the architect of the Salake Tabernacle. And she was the great granddaughter of the noted pioneers to Bountiful, Utah, Thomas Frederick and Sarah Ann (Smith) Fisher.
At age eight Jeanne was baptized on June 6, 1936 in the tabernacle in Temple Square. From the age of nine Jeanne became an accomplished pianist. At the early age of seven she began writing poems, becoming prolific as she grew up. Many weree recipients of her thought-provoking and often humorous works. Her writings will be cherished forever. Jeanne grew up in Salt Lake and lived there through high school graduating at age sixteen with honors from South High School. With the fastest typing and shorthand speeds in her school, Jeanne was at the top of her class in stenography and shorthand. She worked as a stenographer after high school for the Prudential Insurance Company. Her youth was spent being active in the LDS church. She was born a beautiful child and grew to be a stunning woman with grace and wisdom along with great humor.
Jeanne instantly fell in love with the newly returned serviceman, Garn Tom Stanworth, on a blind date in 1946; the end of WWII. A year later they married on February 6, 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah in her mother's home on McClelland Street.e was the love of her life. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on January 10, 1950. Jeanne and Garn lived at Stadium Village near the campus of the University of Utah when Garn was going to college. Upon graduation in 1950, they moved to Southern California where they and their five children lived in the Hemet-San Jacinto Valley for twenty years. They had two girls and three boys, Linda (born October 5, 1947), Robert Garn (Bob)(born June 5, 1949), Helen Marie (born August 4, 1950), William (Bill) (born December 2, 1951) and Paul M (born November 18, 1953). Jeanne was extremely involved during those years in the community with the Jr. Women's Club, serving as president and in her church as Young Women's President of the Hemet Ward. She was a dedicated homemaker; never missing a recital or game or activity her children were in. Her greatest joy and accomplishments were her family as they brought her the greatest satisfaction.
When most of her children were grown she worked as receptionist in a dental office for a few years to help pay for her son's missions. In the early seventies she and Garn moved to Blythe, California where they lived for twenty-eight years.r several years in the eighties Jeanne worked as Office Manager in her husband's plant and soil analysis laboratory, Stanworth Crop Consultants. She was Relief Society President in her ward and very involved as a teacher in the church's young women's program all the years she was in Blythe. Her husband, a professional photographer as well as entomologist, gave her the first camera she had when she was in her fifties. Jeanne became an excellent photographer, winning the highest awards at the Blythe Fair many years in a row. She also accompanied Garn to his photo shoots as his assistant for years. Garn was a professional pilot and together she and Garn were able to fly to see many of their children's and grandchildren's endeavors as well as enjoyable holidays and vacations. They enjoyed traveling around the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Upon Garn's retirement they moved to St. George, Utah in 1998. Jeanne passed away suddenly on December 15, 2001 at the age of seventy-three in St. George, Utah at the IHC Regional Medical Center. Her unexpected death from pneumonia due toy poor doctor care was a crushing blow to all of her family and those who knew her. Garn had lost his sweetheart and the love of his life. She was taken much too soon. At the time of her death they had been married for fifty-four years. They had their five children, twenty-five grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Jeanne's two dear half-sisters, Patricia Martin and Donna Beals, were left behind. Her funeral was held on December 19, 2001 at 11:00am at the Morningside Stake Center, in St. George with her burial at the Hurricane City Cemetery in Hurricane, Utah.
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Person ID I1647 Grow Last Modified 1 Aug 2012
Father Theodore Melvin Morriss, Jr, b. 15 Jun 1905, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah , d. 18 Apr 1971, San Jose, Santa Clara, California (Age 65 years) Mother Helen Charlotte Parker, b. 10 Mar 1906, Bountiful, Davis, Utah , d. 11 May 1977, Riverside, Riverside, California (Age 71 years) Married 24 Sep 1924 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Family ID F591 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Garn Tom Stanworth, b. 5 Nov 1925, Hurricane, Washington, Utah , d. 18 Oct 2011, St. George, Washington, Utah (Complications of Alzheimers) (Age 85 years) Married 6 Feb 1947 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Children 1. Linda Stanworth 2. Robert Garn Stanworth, b. 5 Jun 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah , d. 11 Jun 2012, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 63 years)3. Helen Marie Stanworth 4. William Stanworth 5. Paul M Stanworth Last Modified 24 Feb 2012 Family ID F3019 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Helen Jeanne Morriss was born on February 8, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Theodore Melvin Morriss, Jr. and Helen Charlotte Parker. Jeanne was always proud that she was the great granddaughter of Henry Grow who was the architect of the Salake Tabernacle. And she was the great granddaughter of the noted pioneers to Bountiful, Utah, Thomas Frederick and Sarah Ann (Smith) Fisher.
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Born - 8 Feb 1928 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah 
Married - 6 Feb 1947 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S78] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 129; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 1085; Image: 542.0.
Birth date: abt 1928 Birth place: Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California - [S90] Public Member Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.
- [S78] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 129; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 1085; Image: 542.0.
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