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The Life of MAX BERNARD MORNING

Max Bernard Morning, 71, formerly of Des Moines, passed away from this life on Sunday, February 15, 2004 of cancer at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.  His loving family was at his bedside at the time of his passing.  Funeral services will be held at Hamilton''s Near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home in Des Moines on Friday, February 20 at 12 p.m.

Max was a verteran of the United States Navy.  In 1995 he retired from US West Direct Yellow Pages after 29 years of employment.  His greatest enjoyments were golfing, bowling, boating, church, his friends and family, neighborhood gatherings and living the lake life.  He was a member of Oak Hills Golf Club, Telephone Pioneers, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Zion Lutheran Church of Clear Lake.

Max is survived by his wife, Mary of Clear Lake; his son, Michael and daughter Linda Hendricks of Des Moines; a sister, Maxine Groven of North Carolina;  grandsons, Ace Hendricks (Marsha) of Hesper, IA, and Nicholas Morning of Des Moines; a granddaughter, Jennifer Pierson (Martin) of Tampa, FL; three great-grandsons, Scotty, Jackson and Pacen Hendricks of Hesper; and two great-granddaughters, Hope and Julia Requeno of Tampa.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today, February 19 at the funeral home.  Memorial gifts may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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