Class of 1955
1955 Maroon Spotlight
Lois Ann Groom
Home Room Secretary 53-54, 54-55, Home Room Treasurer 51-52, Band 51-55, Student Council 51-52, Glee Club 51-55, Class Assemblies 51-52, 5455, Junior Play 53-54.
1955 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Lois Ann Groom has received all her schooling in Perry except for the first grade when she attended in Covington. She is the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Groom and was born July 20, 1936, at Lucien. Lois Ann’s hobby is singing and her favorite subject is English. She has been a member of the junior and senior play casts and has taken part in class assemblies the past three years. Homeroom offices she has filled are secretary 1952-53, vice president, 1954, and secretary 1955. Lois Ann has been a member of the PHS band since 1951 and was a member of the student council in 1953. This year she received superior, excellent, and good in vocal contests. Lois Ann plans to take training to be a therapist.
Lois Ann “Sandy” (Groom) Morrow
July 20, 1936 – April 20, 2009
Lois Ann “Sandy” Morrow, 72, of Perry, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, April 20, 2009, at Perry Memorial Hospital.
Born July 20, 1936, in Lucien, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Loren M. Groom and Agnes Mathis Cook. She lived her early years in Covington, Oklahoma, and Hosington, Kansas. Lois Ann earned the nickname Sandy when very young and many people thought this was her given name. Sandy started school in Perry in the third grade, graduating in 1955. She worked for the telephone company for two years before moving to Wichita. She was a member of the First Christian Church where she was baptized on April 25, 1948. Sandy and Paul Morrow were married on December 22, 1956, at the First Christian Church in Perry, Oklahoma, and unto this marriage one daughter, Vandalyn Jo was born.
Sandy was active in numerous organizations in her lifetime, but her favorite, in her later years, was the Perry High School Alumni Association. She was on the Alumni Board and was an avid volunteer. Sandy enjoyed putting together picture albums of her family, bird watching, especially humming birds, collecting bird houses, decorating her home and displaying her collection of music boxes given to her by Paul. She was especially proud of her daughter and granddaughter of whom she loved and cared for with all her heart.
Survivors include her husband, Paul Morrow; one daughter, Vandalyn Jo Bolay of Perry, Oklahoma; one granddaughter, Autumn Nicole Bolay of Perry, Oklahoma; sister-in-law; Elaine Zeighami, sister-in-law, Jane Hill and her husband George, all of Tulsa, Oklahoma; two nephews, James Hill of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Roy Zeighami and his wife, ZeZee, of McKinney, Texas; one great-nephew, Reed Braxton Zeighami and one great-niece, Aziza Bree Zeighami, both of McKinney, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her father, Loren Groom, mother, Agnes Cook, step-father, Vern Cook and one nephew, Alex Zeighami.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 2009, at the First Christian Church. Rev. Martin Foster will officiate. Interment will be in Grace Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Oklahoma Blood Institute, Development Department, or the First Christian Church.