Marjorie Warren

Mrs. Marjorie Warren, 82, former city of Morris clerk, passed away July 2, 2009.

Friends may call at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, until the time of service at 11 a.m. at the Fruland Funeral Home, 121 W. Jefferson St., Morris. Interment will follow at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, with Rev. Richard Smith officiating.

Born Aug. 1, 1926, in Chicago, she was the daughter of Nicholas and Frances (Daugherty) DiJohn. She went to school in Morris, graduating from St. Angela’s Academy and Morris High School.

After graduation, she went to work for the Chicago railroad until her engagement and marriage to M/Sgt. William T. Warren on March 2, 1946. She spent the next 18 years traveling with her husband, who was in the U.S. Air Force. She loved to talk about the places they lived, including Japan and Newfoundland, as well as all over the United States.

Upon her husband’s sudden death on June 2, 1964, she returned to Morris to raise her seven children. She was hired by city of Morris Clerk Donald Caisley as his deputy clerk. Upon his retirement, she became the first woman ever elected to a city office when she was elected city clerk in 1967 — a job she loved until her retirement in 1988.

She is survived by her seven children, Douglas (Myrna) Warren, Deborah Coil, Melissa (Ed) Keating of Atlanta, Ga., Beverly (Mark) Perry, Wendy Warren, Melinda Schauer, all of Morris, and Barbara (Jim) Watson of Danville, Ky.

Also, 15 grandchildren, Tiffani Warren, Matt and Heather Vaughn, Jennifer Coil, Justin (Kelly) Coil, David (Rebecca Noland) Coil, James (Dana) Watson, Jeffrey (Heather Dowty) Watson, Angie (Chris) Jarzyna, Brian (Jessica) Perry, Alex (Danielle DeFabis) Perry, Dan Warren, Patrick and Samantha Keating and Brittany Schauer.

She is also survived by 11 great-grandchildren; her sister, Sharon Silk, of Oregon; a brother Richard (Sharon) DiJohn of Nevada; a sister-in-law, Peggy Emry of Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Barry; brothers-in-law John Barry, Ray Silk and Alex Emry; and daughter-in-law Donna Warren.

Memorial gifts in Mrs, Warren’s name may be made to the Morris Hospital Foundation, 150 W. High St., Morris.

For more information, call (815) 942-0700 or sign the online guestbook at www.frulandfuneralhome.com.