Catherine Joan Morris

Catherine Joan (Ostheller) Morris (80 years old), passed away at Kootenai Health on September 13, 2023, with her husband Dale Keno and sons Michael and Barrett by her side. Catherine grew up on the farm at Sinkler Rd. and was active in 4-H and showing steers at the Kootenai County Fair. She graduated from Worley High School, attended Kinman Business School, graduated from the University of Idaho, and taught school in various parts of the U.S. while married to Jack Morris, who was in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. She also taught in Del Rio Texas, Little Rock Arkansas, and Honolulu, Hawaii. After Jack was discharged from the Air Force, Catherine obtained her Washington Teacher's Certificate at Eastern Washington University and taught school at Liberty High School. Around 1980 she took over her parent's farm (Rose Creek Farm) on Sinkler Rd. where she currently lived and was an active participant in the farm operation. Catherine was a member of the Worley Grange which closed and became the Worley Historical Society of which she was the President for many years. While teaching at Liberty High School she lived in Worley, ID, and commuted to school and told several stories of the problems with driving on winter roads. Cathy loved the lake. She and Jack Morris bought a house at Conklin Park where she lived for several years, sold her house in Worley, and bought a lot in Murry Acres on Priest Lake where she and Dale Keno built a house in 1999. Catherine loved the many dogs and cats she had over the years and is survived by Ernie Kitty. Catherine enjoyed; gardening, sewing, playing the piano, swimming, operating the farm, basketball, camping, attending the Fairfield Presbyterian Church, boating and fishing, water skiing, jet skiing, snow skiing, snowmobiling, riding her ATV, and recently still driving her subcompact Gator around the farm. Catherine is survived by her husband Dale Keno, ex-husband Jack Morris, sons Michael and Barrett, daughter-in-laws Brenda and Kylee, sisters Ellen and Gail and their children, three grandsons Todd and wife Shawnna, Brian and wife Jenna, Danner, and five great-grandsons. Services for Catherine will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 30th at the Worley Community Church. The Worley Museum will be open by 10:00 a.m. Please drop by for a quick walk-through or come after lunch before we take her casket to the Fairfield Cemetery. We will need to allow 30 minutes of travel time to arrive at the cemetery by 1:30 p.m.

Catherine Joan Morris

April 19, 1943 - September 13, 2023