Rothard Milton Morris, 87, Clymer, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, surrounded by his loving family at his residence.
The son of Silvis and Gertrude (Long) Morris, he was born April 27, 1929 in Barnesboro, PA.
Milton served as a Pfc in the Army during the Korean War and served in the 11 Airborne and later in the 141 Tank Battalion.
He retired from the Morris Atlantic Service Station and was known as a master of many trades. He will be remembered as a great husband who loved his family and was kind to all.
Surviving is his wife of 64 years, Betty (Wolfe) Morris; a son, Thomas (Patty) Morris, Indiana; daughter, Bonnie (Rod) Lemmon, Clymer; grandchildren, Shawn (Katy) Morris, Latrobe, Chad (Bethany) Lemmon, Clymer, and Camille Morris and her fiancée, Paul Sherry, Shelocta; great grandchildren, Haylee and Hayden Lemmon, Clymer and Jania Morris, Latrobe; half-sisters, Hilda Morris Nissel, Harrisburg, Betty Morris Kirsch, Cleveland, OH, Leona Morris Wirfel, New Germany, PA, and Donna Morris Weaver, Harrisburg; half-brothers, Ronald T. Morris, Parma, OH, and Herman Morris, Mentor, OH; and a sister-in-law, Louise McDivitt.
Preceding Milton in death were his parents; half-sister, Shirley Morris Fry; and a half-brother, William McDivitt; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received on Friday from 11 am to 1 pm at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana. Funeral service will immediately follow at 1 pm in the Lefdahl Chapel with Pastor Sharon Waltenbaugh, officiating. Interment in the McDowell Cemetery will be private.
The family would like to thank Hospice nurses Corbet, Tom and Kim and also Indiana Visiting Nurses for their care.
www.lefdahlfuneralhome.com

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