Inez Mae Morgan

Inez Mae "Peggy" (Truitt) Morgan May 2, 1923 ~ September 3, 2015 Inez entered into rest on September 3, 2015, to join her family in Heaven. She was born to Jessie Noble and Mary Jane (Humphreys) Truitt on May 2, 1923, in Malaga, WA. She was the oldest of three children. Inez graduated from Malaga Grade School, H.B. Ellison Jr. High and Wenatchee High School. Inez was living at Hearthstone Cottage when she passed away.Inez was employed at the high school library, picked and packed soft fruit, and thinned apples, before moving to Seattle in 1941, where she worked in the Seattle Public Library and for Crane Company in the Marine Department. She returned to Wenatchee in 1944, where she attended Western College of Commerce, and then worked at the Selective Service Office in the Chelan County Courthouse, until she quit to wed Lawrence H. Morgan. They married at Ohme Gardens on May 11, 1946. Later, she worked in the office of the small tractor and equipment shop that she and her husband owned. Aunt Peggy had a heart of gold and could give the biggest bear hugs for being such a tiny lady, and that is something that she did not like to hear from anyone, that she was TINY!! Inez was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence, in 1994; an infant daughter, Sheldon, in 1959; parents, Jessie and Mary; brother, Charles; daughter-in-law, Doris; brother-in-law, Chet; and great niece, Melissa Van Lith. Survivors include her sister, Margaret Murphy of Missoula, MT; nieces and nephews, Mary Jo (Murphy) and Hank Obayashi of Red Wood City, CA, Max and Sheila Murphy of Missoula, MT, Jerry and Val Murphy of Missoula, MT, Dick and Helen Truitt of East Wenatchee, WA Terri (Truitt) and Fred Van Lith of East Wenatchee, WA, Chuck and Joy Truitt of East Wenatchee, WA, and Patti (Truitt) and Jack Lyon of Avondale, AZ; and many other nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at Telford's Chapel of the Valley, 711 Grant Road, East Wenatchee, Friday, September 11, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., with Chaplain Jim Caulkins officiating. Concluding services and interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park. Viewing will be Thursday, September 10, 2015, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society and the Fire Relief Fund at www.cfncw.org. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.

Inez Mae Morgan

May 2, 1923 - September 3, 2015