Cleo June Morman

CROFTON — Cleo June Morman, 92,Crofton, died March 30, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center, Bloomfield. Funeral Services will be April 7, at 10:30 a.m., at the Wintz Funeral Home, Crofton, with Rev. Gary Kimm officiating. Burial will be in the Crofton Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Saturday. Cleo was born June 22, 1925, in the Weigand area, to Harry Terril and Leona Hannah (Merchen) Smith. She grew up in the Weigand area and graduated from Bloomfield High School. She attended Wayne State College, Wayne, receiving her teaching certificate, and then taught country school for five years. Cleo married Edward “Dick” Morman March 27, 1947, in Hartington, and they farmed north of Crofton. Cleo moved into Crofton in 1992. In February 2017, she moved in to the Good Samaritan Center, Bloomfield. Cleo worked for the Singer Company as a sewing instructor. She also worked as the activity director, as well as patient advocate, at a nursing home in Yankton. She was a former member of the United Methodist Church and currently was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, Crofton. She was a member of the Crofton American Legion Auxiliary Post 127, Crofton, the 8/40 and the Order of the Eastern Star. Cleo is survived by a daughter, Kay and Dave Fosbinder, Fremont, and their son, Joe Fosbinder, and their daughter ,Melissa and Zack Zimmer; a son, Jerry Morman, Wilmington, N. C., and his three sons, John Morman, Ben and Jessica Morman, and Ryan Morman; her deceased daughter, Judy’s children, David, Amanda and Jessica; and a sister, Verlin Nohr, Aten. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dick, Dec. 7, 1981, at the age of 59; a daughter, Judy Morman; a granddaughter; and two brothers, Harry and Raymond Smith. Memorials are preferred to the Crofton Senior Center