Patrick J. Morris

PATRICK MORRIS, 73, OF ELDORADO, IL DIED WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19, 2011 AT FERRELL HOSPITAL IN ELDORADO. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SUNDAY JANUARY 23, 2011 AT 1PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AFTER 12 NOON ON SUNDAY. CREMATION WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICES AND BURIAL OF CREMATED REMAINS WILL BE AT SIMMONS CEMETERY NEAR CREAL SPRINGS, IL AT A LATER DATE. HE WAS BORN ON MARCH 5, 1937 IN CHICAGO, IL THE SON OF OSCAR FLINK AND NOLA MARY MORRIS. HE WORKED AT SEVERAL JOBS DURING HIS LIFETIME WHICH INCLUDED WORKING AT PASSAVANT HOSPITAL IN JACKSONVILLE, IL; HE HADA NEWS STAND IN CHICAGO, IL; INPUTTED DATA AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE, HAD A LANDSCAPPING BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL AS A DAY CARE IN HIS HOME FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY: A DAUGHTER: MARY BOYD OF ISLAND LAKE, IL; 2 SONS: MICHAEL MORRIS OF ROUND LAKE, IL AND TOM MORRIS OF SPOKANE WASHINGTON; 2 BROTHERS: GEORGE DUBISH OF SAN DIEGO, CA; AND JAMES PAYNE OF BURLINGTON,WA; AND 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT GRANDCHILD. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 2 DAUGHTERS: THERESA MORRIS AND JOANNE WISEMAN; STEPFATHER: JOHN SCHODEN HIS STEPMOTHER: FRANCES SCHODEN AND A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: VIRGIE SMITH.