Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home

TENANTS HARBOR - Allison J. ‘Squee’ Morris, 56, died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, Saturday, August 1, 2015 at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Born on Vinalhaven, May 9, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Doris Duff and Victor Ames of Thomaston. Squee spent the first five years of her life on Vinalhaven before moving to Tenants Harbor where she grew up. She spent summers on the island, staying with her grandmother Claudine Dyer. Her family said as long as her grandmother was on the island, her heart was there too. She attended local schools and was a 1977 graduate of Georges Valley High School.

Following high school Squee went to work for New England Telephone Company. During the summer months she also cooked at the Cod End Fish Market.

On May 20, 1979 Squee married her best friend, Robert Morris in Tenants Harbor. Together they have made this their home ever since.

Drawn by her love of cooking, Squee took a job at the St. George Elementary School as a cook. Her family said she loved this job, and enjoyed the children she had the pleasure of interacting with every day. Whether for work or pleasure, Squee was an excellent cook. She often used her time and talents to benefits others, cooking for benefit suppers, Trekkers dinners and was always organizing family gatherings and get-togethers.

One of her favorite places to spend time was the family campsite at Sennebec Lake. She made countless life-long friends there. Spending time with her grandchildren was always her number one priority.

She will be sadly missed by all who loved her.

Predeceased by her mother and step-father, Squee is survived by her father Victor Ames of Thomaston; her husband Robert Morris of Tenants Harbor; her son Corey Morris and his companion Kristen Hodgdon all of Tenants Harbor; her sisters, Julie Miller and her husband Tad, Lorraine Walker and her husband Ronald all of Tenants Harbor; her aunts and uncles, Shirley Guildford and her husband Van of Vinalhaven, Alvah Ames of Rockland, Jackie Dyer; nieces and nephews, Maria Baum and her husband Larry, Mallary Tripp and her husband John all of Spruce Head, Blake Miller of Bangor, Jamie Keizer, Lyle Morris, Darcy Morris, `all of Tenants Harbor; a brother-in-law Philip Morris and his wife June of Tenants Harbor; a sister-in-law Donna Johnson and her husband Elmer and their five children of Tenants Harbor; as well as two special granddaughters Breannah and Bayleigh Morris; and a large, loving extended family along with too many friends to count.

A graveside celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 6, 2015 at South Parish Cemetery (The Ridge) in Martinsville. The Reverend Bill Hickey will officiate.

Those who wish may make memorial donations to St. George Ambulance and Fire Fighters Association, P.O. Box 249, Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.