Marguerite Tobin Morris

Marguerite “Peggy” Tobin Morris, 95 of Lake Barrington, passed away peacefully at home on July 22, 2025. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to Kenneth “Mike” and Marguerite (nee Lyons) Tobin.

Peggy grew up in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago in the home her father built in 1930 as a birthday present to her, and also in Florida; first in Ft. Myers beach, where her father built the beach’s very first home, and later in Sarasota, Florida. She was from a large and loving South Side Irish family. Peggy studied Special Education and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1952, where she was active in Kappa Delta sorority.

Just after graduation, Peggy married the love of her life Howard J. Morris (Loyola U. ’52) in August of 1952. She worked as a special education teacher before her children were born. Together they raised their family in River Forest, Illinois before moving in 1996 to Lake Barrington Shores in their retirement. Peggy was an avid landscape designer and became one of the founders of the Veterans of Lake Barrington Shores Memorial Garden. She was a former president of the Fenwick High School Mothers’ Club, a life trustee of Fenwick High School, and a proud member of the Blue Star Memorial Highway Program to designate routes in the U.S. to honor the men and woman who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

Peggy is survived by her remaining son, H. Patrick (Margaret Unger) Morris of Kenilworth, Il; grandchildren: Terry II, Elizabeth, Marguerite “Mimi”, Brian, Bridget, Megan and Sean Morris; and daughter-in-law, Caroleann Morris.

She was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband of 45 years, Howard J. Morris; sons, Kevin and Major Terence M. Morris, (USA, ret.); and siblings, Michael and Richard Tobin, and Patricia Dawson.

A funeral mass will be held at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Lake Zurich at a later date. Interment will be alongside her family at Sacred Heart cemetery in Northbrook.

Memorial donations can be made in her name to Fenwick High School, 505 Washington Blvd. Oak Park, Illinois, attn: Institutional Advancement.