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Thursday, February 14, 2013

In Memoriam - Jenny Morlan

Jenny Lynn Morlan, 59, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, at Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Jenny was born on Dec. 9, 1953, the daughter of Fred and Betty Morlan. Jenny graduated from Parkersburg South High School, and was an art professor at DePaul University in Chicago before moving to Texas.

She was the Art Director for the book "WEST VIRGINIA USA", published by Seawell Multimedia in 1976. Her paintings have been displayed in Chicago and at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In 1991, she was the subject of a feature article in the Chicago Sun-Times. Plans have been made to display Jenny's major works at West Liberty University in the future.

She is survived by her sister, Nancy McClung of Lubeck; her brother, Jeffrey of Washington; and several nieces and nephews.

Jenny donated her body to the WVU Human Gift Registry.

Parkersburg News and Sentinel, West Virginia, December 22, 2012, on-line

Jenny was a member of DePaul's Art Department from 1988-2008.

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