Jill Dee Morris

Dee received a nursing degree from Florida State University in 1974, with postgraduate training at Stanford University in 1975. She was by nature a humanitarian. She and her husband had a pilot’s license, and they would fly to Mexico where they performed free medical services. Her patients were deeply moved by the quality of care she provided. She always tried to minimize others’ pain. Dee was sensitive to the people around her. Family and friends remember her as empathic and generous. Dee also felt a special kinship with animals, particularly her dogs Tess, Fang, Belle, Lucey and Snoopy. In middle years she lived in Utah where she enjoyed skiing and camping in the Uinta Mountains with friends. The last two years of her life she lived in Aldrich where she kept a garden, cooked, helped her neighbor Wanda Taylor in her final days and became caregiver to her cousin Janet Singer. She lived in the house Aldrich folk know as the old Shuler home. She loved going to the flea market in Fair Play every Tuesday with Mr. James Rice, and breakfast afterwards at Hannah’s. Dee was a spiritual person and often reflected on life and death. She believed that all things in the universe were interconnected. Those of us who mourn her pray that she has been reconnected with loved ones. Dee is preceded in death by her parents Col. David Singer and Virginia Singer (nee Stewart) both of whom were from Aldrich, as well as her dear sister Kay Singer Stewart. She is survived by her daughter Virginia Dickinson and son-in-law Andrew Dickinson, Vista, CA; son David Houston, DeLand, FL; sister Ann Magaha and brother-in-law Steve Jones, DeLand, FL; nieces Claire Bell, Atlanta, GA and Susy Lowen, Takoma Park, MD; cousins Janet Singer, Aldrich, MO and Jim Singer, Cortez, CO; cousin Chris Stewart, Austin, TX; ex-husband Dr. Don Houston, SLC, UT; close friends Mr. James Rice, Aldrich, MO, Cindy Phelps, Gini Monson and Terry Hiller, SLC, UT. Please make all donations in Dee’s memory to Aldrich Methodist Church and Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. An online guestbook may be signed at www.butlerfuneralhome.com PDF Printable Version

Jill Dee Morris

June 13, 1950 - May 29, 2013