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Barbara Blakemore Morris

1930 - 2025

Barbara Blakemore Morris obituary, 1930-2025, Maple Grove, IL

BORN

1930

DIED

2025

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Hickey Memorial Chapels - Midlothian

4201 West 147th St

Midlothian, Illinois

Barbara Morris Obituary

Morris, Barbara Blakemore

Barbara Blakemore Morris, 94, passed away peacefully at her senior care center in Maple Grove, Minnesota on February 27, 2025. She is survived by her daughters Karen and Rebecca, sons Jeffery and Joseph. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Floyd Aaron after 71 years of marriage and her oldest son Daniel.

Barbara served over ten years as an aide at Palos Heights Hospital giving a smile and word of encouragement, along with books and magazines to the patients. She loved the preschoolers she taught in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School over her life.

A wake will be held Thursday, March 6, 2025 from 10:00 am to noon, with the a service at noon, Hickey Memorial Chapel, 4201 W 147th St, Midlothian, IL, 60445; 708-385-4478

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Mar. 4, 2025.

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6

Wake

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Hickey Memorial Chapels - Midlothian

4201 West 147th St, Midlothian, IL 60445

Mar

6

Service

12:00 p.m.

Hickey Memorial Chapels - Midlothian

4201 West 147th St, Midlothian, IL 60445

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4201 West 147th St, Midlothian, IL 60445

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