Seward County KS Archives Obituaries.....Morrissey, Robert D. "Bob" July 30, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Oz . lostinoz@embarqmail.com August 18, 2007, 7:26 am Unknown Newspaper Morrissey, Robert D Birth: 4/23/1912 Death: 7/30/2005 Robert D. "Bob" Morrissey, 93, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born April 23, 1912, to James and Anna Morrissey in Conception Junction, Mo. He married Lois Emrie, June 7, 1943, in San Bernadino, Calif. She survives. He graduated from Dodge City High School in 1930. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army Air Corps in Victorville, Calif. and the 6th Division of the U.S. Infantry in the Philippines and Korea. He worked for various national food stores for several years and managed the Cheyenne Drive-In Theater in Hoisington. He joined the Liberal Police Department in 1953 and retired as Chief of Police in 1977. He was a lifetime member of the Kansas Peace Officers Association and served as its state president. He also participated in the American Legion, VFW, Elks Club, and Rotary Club. He enjoyed golfing, hunting, and traveling. Other survives include one daughter, Helen and husband Stephen C. James, Savannah Ga.; one grandson, Stephen R. James and his wife Christine; two great-grandchildren, Matthew and Emily, Henderson, Nev.; and many nieces, nephews, cousins; and many friends. Welcoming of the Body Service was at 7 p.m. Monday, August 1, and funeral mass was at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 2, both at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Liberal with Fr. Tony Judge and Fr. Mike Andrews presiding. Burial was at Liberal Cemetery immediately following the funeral Additional Comments: Note: Buried in Liberal Cemetery, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/seward/obits/m/morrisse1716ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb