Ethel Morton

DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS

Family contact name and telephone number: Janet Metz 785-478-4349 (Daughter)

1. Full Name: Ethel M. Morton Age: 101 Years Sex: F

2. Current address: Topeka

3. Date of death: , March 17, 2003

4 Place of death: Topeka retirement home

5. Cause of death:

6. Date of birth: July 6, 1901 Place of birth: Pottawatomie Co. KS,

6.b. Parents: Jasper Fink Rose Thomas Fink

6.c. Years in current city/town: since 1923

7. Background: She grew up in Manhattan and graduated from Manhattan High School. She married J.C.
Morton in 1921. He preceded her in death in 1977. She was employed at the Motor Vehicle Dept , State of Kansas
as a clerk, for 10 years. She volunteered as a certified tutor at the International House for Laubach English. She
was a 50 year member of the Helena Chapter #210 O.E S.;She was also a member of the Daughters of Union
Veterans; and also a member of the First Presbyterian Church for 65 years.

8. Relatives:

8.b. preceded in death by: Husband; 2 Daughters: Shirley Helen Morton in 1931, and Marjean
Landon in 1980.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Janet Metz, Topeka, KS; 6 Grandchildren; 10 Great-grandchildren;

9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00am, Thursday, March 20, 2003 at Newcomer
Family Funeral Home.

10. Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery Topeka, Kansas

11. Visitation times, place: Ethel M. Morton will lie in state at Newcomer Family Funeral Home where the
family will receive friends from 10 to 11 on Thursday, March 20, at Newcomer Family Funeral Home. .


12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None

13. Memorial contributions, if any: Good Samaritan Fund at Presbyterian Manor or the First Presbyterian
Church Building Fund.

14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
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