Raymond Edwin "Mike" Morrow

Mike Morrow

Mike Morrow, 74, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO, on Wednesday, October 1, 2014.

Raymond Edwin “Mike” Morrow was born in Unionville, MO, on July 31, 1940, the son of Lee Ford and Mary Edna (Sevitts) Morrow, who preceded him in death. He graduated from Unionville High School in 1958 and attended Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman University) for a time. Mike then moved to Rockford, IL, where he worked as a parts manager for a manufacturing company. He later moved to Sublette and worked at Donnellson’s in Kirksville, MO for 11 years. Mike then moved to Unionville where he drove a truck for Warn Transportation. Mike married Jesse Van Dorn in 1961; she preceded him in death. He was also married to Lee Holliday and she also preceded him in death.

Mike was a quiet and humble man who made friends easily. He was always good to family and friends. He enjoyed a cold beer with his friends, gardening and working on old tractors. Mike was a part-time hunter and fisherman. He liked to drive the country roads and visit the farm. If Mike had it his way, he would have hunted mushrooms from the south to the north until the season was over.

Mike is survived by his sister, Patricia Pickering of Unionville, MO; two nieces, Elizabeth Ann Killmade of St. Louis, MO, and her husband William Killmade, and Kimberly Lee Hurley of Livonia, MO, and by a nephew, Greg Mathes of Kirksville, MO. A grandniece, Crystal Hurley and a grandnephew, Michael Sterling, also survive. A grandnephew, Clinton Lee Hurley, also preceded Mike in death.

Graveside services for Raymond “Mike” Morrow will be at the Shipley Cemetery east of Unionville, MO, at 1:30 PM on Saturday, October 4, 2014. Interment will be at the Shipley Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Shipley Cemetery and may be entrusted with Playle and Jones Family Funeral Home, 709 S. 27th St., Unionville, MO 63565.