Cleo

Kathy, thanks for letting us know. I received a Christmas card from Cleo this year. She had written just a short note.

Below is a copy of the O-bit from the Watertown Public Opinion and the Web address for the furneral home. You can click on Obituaries, then click on Cleo's name and at the bottom you can leave a message or sign the guest book.

http://www.wightcomesandsogn.com/

Cleo A. Morey, 81, Watertown, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in a hospital at Watertown.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church at Watertown with the Rev. Joel Higgins officiating.

Burial will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown. Honorary pallbearers will be the Eagle's auxiliary. Active pallbearers will be Mike Nichols, Bill Nichols, Ron Nichols, Dave Nichols, Bobby Nichols and Paul Riley.

Visitation will be today (Tuesday) from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Wight, Comes and Sogn Funeral Chapel at Watertown.

Cleo Ann Morey was born Dec. 22, 1928, to Robert and Gathel (Leighty) Nichols on a farm near Garden City. She graduated from Garden City High School.

She married Gerald Hartley and they had one daughter, Mary.

She married Franklin Morey and they had one daughter, Barbara. Franklin died Jan. 18, 1992. She lived in Watertown for many years and worked at various jobs. In 1993, she retired from the Bartron Clinic after 13 years.

She was a Girl Scout leader for 20 years. She was an active member of the Eagles Lodge heading up Bingo, dances and many other Eagle's activities. She enjoyed playing pinochle, gardening, dancing and reading.

Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Junso and Mary (Mike) Steffen, all of Watertown; her sisters, Ethel Neal of Watertown and Margie (Bud) Johnson of Clark; her brothers, Robert (Bonnie) Nichols of Watertown and Don (Eileen) Nichols of Belle Fourche; her sister-in-law, Velma Bruflat; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.