Lyndon Kent Morrill and Leome Klapperich

Husband

Lyndon Kent Morrill

Born: 24 MAR 1901^[1] at Spink Co., S.Dak.
Resided: 1975^[3] at Aberdeen, S.Dak.
Died: 27 JUL 1977^[5] at S.Dak.
Married: 20 JUN 1935^[7]
Father: Lorenzo Alden Morrill
Mother: Laura Abigail Powell

NOTE: needs independent verification: a South Dakota county death registration, cemetery sexton’s record, or plot card for Lyndon Kent Morrill (d. 27 Jul 1977, Saint Johns Cemetery, Conde, Spink County) would confirm this precise date and burial plot beyond the user-contributed Find a Grave memorial cited here.

Wife

Leome Klapperich

Born: ABT 1911^[8]
Died: 20 SEP 1988^[9] at Denver, Colo.

NOTE: Her own 1988 obituary (Aberdeen Daily News, republished via FamilySearch/GenealogyBank) names a mother “Dulcena Labric Klap” — an uncertain OCR reading, plausibly a mangled rendering of a surname ending “Klapperich” — not entered here as a parent fact. Needs independent verification: the underlying newspaper clipping image (gated behind a GenealogyBank subscription) or a South Dakota birth/baptismal record for Leome/Leonie Klapperich, ABT 1911, to establish her parents’ true names.

Children

Charleen Morrill

Diane Morrill

South Dakota Births, 1856-1903 (Electronic database at http://www.ancestry.com/). See also South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-R245?lang=en (accessed 2026-08-06), Vital record index entry, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre. Name Lyndon Morrill. Sex Male. Father’s Name Lorenza Morrill (M). Mother’s Name Laura Powell (F). Event Type Birth. Event Date 24 Mar 1901. Event Place Spink, South Dakota, United States. Event Place (Original) SPINK, South Dakota, United States.
The Britton Journal (Britton, S.D.), 26-27 Feb 1975 — obituary of Jasper O. Klapperich, Conde, naming survivor ‘Mrs. Lyndon (Leonie) Morrill, Aberdeen’, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZX-1S6C-Z?view=fullText&keywords=Lyndon%2CMorrill&lang=en (accessed 2026-07-27), FamilySearch catalog #007942383 ‘South Dakota. Vital Records 1975’, Item 1, Image 200 of 289. Retired Conde Area Farmer Dies at Aberdeen February 21 — … Survivors include … Mrs. Iva Morrill and Mrs. Lyndon (Leonie) Morrill, both of Aberdeen … See also Aberdeen (S.D.) American News, 19-20 Feb 1975 — obituary of Jasper O. Klapperich, Conde, naming survivor ‘Mrs. Lyndon (Leonie) Morrill, Aberdeen’, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZX-1S6Y-R?view=fullText&keywords=Lyndon%2CMorrill&lang=en (accessed 2026-07-27), FamilySearch catalog #007942383 ‘South Dakota. Vital Records 1975’, Item 1, companion image to Image 200. J. O. Klapperich — CONDE — Services for Jasper O. Klapperich, 80, retired Conde area farmer, will be [held] Saturday, Feb. 22 at St. [John’s Catholic Church, Conde]. … He died Feb. 19 at the Aber[deen Nursing Center]. Mr. Klapperich was born Jan. 23, 1895 at Conde. He was a lifelong resident of the Conde [area]. Survivors include two brothers, Earl, Conde; and Ferdinand, Detroit, Mich.; five sisters, Mrs. Paul (Hazel) Brown, Conde; Mrs. Ina Bert[s]ch, Conde; Mrs. Iva Morrill, Aberdeen; Mrs. William (Margarite) Schunk, Pickstown; and Mrs. Lyndon (Leonie) Morrill, Aberdeen. He was preceded in death by two sisters.
Social Security Death Index. See also Lyndon Kent “Lynn” Morrill (1901-1977) — Find a Grave Memorial, online at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101716085/lyndon-kent-morrill (accessed 2026-07-27), Memorial ID 101716085, Block-Lot-Grave 28-2-2, Saint Johns Cemetery, Conde, Spink County, South Dakota. Lyndon Kent “Lynn” Morrill. BIRTH 24 Mar 1901, Spink County, South Dakota, USA. DEATH 27 Jul 1977 (aged 76). BURIAL Saint Johns Cemetery, Conde, Spink County, South Dakota, USA. PLOT Block-Lot-Grave: 28-2-2. MEMORIAL ID 101716085. Inscription: Morrill / Leonie M. 1911-1988 / Lyndon K. 1901-1977. Family Members — Spouse: Leonie Mary Klapperich Morrill 1911-1988. Children: Norman Kent Morrill 1939-1939; Charleen Gayle Morrill Marksthaler 1940-2020; Diane Jean Morrill Grandlund 1942-2014.
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013 (Lyndon Kent Morrill obituary, Aberdeen Daily News, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 28 Jul 1977), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5QN-CP6X (accessed 2026-07-17), obituary index entry (search-results field), familysearch ark 1:1:Q5QN-CP6X. Obituary 28 July 1977 / Aberdeen, South Dakota / Birth 24 March 1901 / Verdon / Marriage 20 June 1935 / Death 26 July 1977 / Bismarck, North Dakota / Spouses Leome Klapperich / Children Mrs Jack, Charleen Sorrels, Diane Klein.
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013 (Mrs Leonie Mary Morrill obituary, Aberdeen Daily News, 23 Sep 1988), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5MJ-2CSJ (accessed 2026-07-25), Aberdeen Daily News, 23 Sep 1988; FamilySearch digital folder 102178047, image 718. Obituary index entry (FamilySearch structured extraction of a GenealogyBank newspaper clipping) headed ‘Entry for Mrs Leonie Mary Morrill and Rev Roger Geditz, 23 Sep 1988’. Principal: Mrs Leonie Mary Morrill, Female, Age 77, Occupation Usher, Birth about 1911, Death Date 20 Sep 1988, Death Place Denver, Colorado, Burial Place Conde, Event Type Obituary, Event Date 23 Sep 1988. Spouse: Lyndon K Morrill.
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013 (Mrs Leonie Mary Morrill obituary, Aberdeen Daily News, 23 Sep 1988), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5MJ-2CSJ (accessed 2026-07-25), Aberdeen Daily News, 23 Sep 1988; FamilySearch digital folder 102178047, image 718. Obituary index entry (FamilySearch structured extraction of a GenealogyBank newspaper clipping) headed ‘Entry for Mrs Leonie Mary Morrill and Rev Roger Geditz, 23 Sep 1988’. Principal: Mrs Leonie Mary Morrill, Female, Age 77, Occupation Usher, Birth about 1911, Death Date 20 Sep 1988, Death Place Denver, Colorado, Burial Place Conde, Event Type Obituary, Event Date 23 Sep 1988. Spouse: Lyndon K Morrill.