Isabel Stafford Morian, 95, of Beaumont, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was born on August 10, 1918, to Belle Hart Bunting Stafford and William Herbert Stafford.
Ibby attended Shipley School, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and then later, Lamar University. She married Clarke H. Morian in 1940 and moved to Beaumont in 1956.
Ibby had many loves. She loved her friends, she loved her church, she loved creating beautiful artwork, she loved her four legged family members, but most of all she cherished her family. Ibby spread joy everywhere she went touching everyone with a ray of sunshine. She was involved with the Lamar Friends of the Arts, the Dishman Gallery, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the Magnolia Garden Club, the Humane Society, and the Colonial Dames. Isabel had a strong faith and sincere adoration for all of God’s creatures.
Survivors include her sons, Clarke H. Morian and his wife, Phyllis; William S. Morian and his wife, Ann; Matthew C. Morian and his wife, Phillys, and her daughter, Isabel Morian Lamb; grandchildren, Clarke H. Morian IV and his wife, Angie; William S. Morian Jr. and his wife, Jodi; Camille M. Dover and her husband, Wade; Isabel S. Lamb; and Nicholas M. Lamb; great-grandchildren, Clarke H. Morian V, Logan Roberts, William S. Morian III, Matthew R. Morian, Sydni Cain, Kameron Dover, and Sara Dover; and her four-footed sidekick, Daisy.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and husbands, Clarke H. Morian and John W. Millington.
A funeral service for Mrs. Morian will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 31, 2014, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4090 Delaware Street, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont. A gathering of her family and friends will follow her service in Broce Hall at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, later a private family interment will take place.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4090 Delaware Street, Beaumont, Texas 77706 or Humane Society of Southeast Texas, P.O. Box 1629, Beaumont, Texas 77704.
