Eileen (Helen) Morris

February 23, 1926 – August 30, 2013

Long time Fruita and Grand Junction resident, Helen Eileen Morris, age 87, passed away peacefully Friday August 30, 2013.

She was born February 23, 1926, to Walter and Catherine "Katy" Hill in Hugo, CO. She moved to Edwards, CO as a small child where she grew up and was a 1944 graduate from Eagle County High School in Gypsum, CO.

She married Carl L. Bush in the same year and was later divorced. She married Russell T. Morris in 1957, in Alberta, Canada and they moved to Fruita in the early 1960's.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her brother ,Bill Hill. She is survived by her brother, Jack Hill; her three children, Donna Lewis, Bill Bush (Kathy), and John Morris (Liz); six beloved grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren, and devoted friend and dance partner, Tom Tapia.

Eileen was a homemaker and entrepreneur. She was a regular on the yard sale circuit - so much so that at the repeated suggestions by her family, she opened a second hand store in the 1980's called the Poor Folks Second Hand Store located in Fruita. Later in life, she loved to go dancing, often hitting the senior dances three to four times a week.

A viewing will be held Thursday September 5th, 2013, from 6 - 8:00 p.m. at Martin Mortuary in Grand Junction, CO. Services will be held Friday September 6th, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at Martin Mortuary followed by a graveside service at New Elmwood Cemetery in Fruita, CO. Eileen never believed in wearing black to a funeral, so feel free to wear something other than black to the services.