OBIT: Luke A. MORRISON, 1980, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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LUKE A. MORRISON

68, of 401 Barley St., Roaring Spring, died unexpectedly at 4:01 p.m. Friday, 
May 16, 1980, He retired as foreman of the blacktop crew from: New Enterprise 
Stone & Lime Company, Roaring Spring plant, in Dec. 1977, after 47 years' 
service. He was born Dec. 18, 1912, at Dry Gap, Roaring Spring RD, a son of 
Patrick and Irene (Kephart) Morrison, and May 1, 1937, in Altoona, married Mary 
L. Murray. Surviving are his wife, eight children, James R. of Virginia Beach, 
Va.; Ronald L. of Knob Noster, Mo.; Mts. Joan I. Claar of Salem, Ohio; Paul A. 
of Bald Eagle, Gerald. P. of South Weymouth, Mass.; Mrs. Bernadette M. Guyer of 
Warsa, Ohio; Mrs. Rosemary J. McGuire of Altoona and Helen A. of Pittsburgh; 20 
grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Miller of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. 
Thelma McGonahy of Duncansville. Mr. Morrison was a member of St. Thomas More 
Catholic Church, Roaring Spring, and Red Men Lodge of Everett. He was an 
associate member of the Duncansville Veterans of Foreign Wars and Williamsburg 
America Legion. He graduated from Roaring Spring High School in 1931.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the J. Gary 
Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring.

MORRISON - The funeral of Luke A. Morrison of 401 Barley St., Roaring Spring, 
will be held with a mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Thomas 
More Catholic Church, Roaring Spring, by the Father Norman Imgrund. Interment in 
Calvary Cemetery. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in 
the J. Gary Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring.

Altoona Mirror, May 17, 1980