They were married in the Arizona Temple in Mesa on September 2, 1994, and spent many years traveling the US and Canada going from one adventure to another but always finding time to catch up with their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Several years after her marriage to Max ended, Cheri reconnected with an old friend, Earl Updike, in 1994.
She was a dedicated member of her church, serving in various positions. Through these years she never lost focus on the value of family and extended family, especially the relatives back in Safford and Thatcher.
She managed a travel agency and traveled all over the world. When the children were older, she found time to accompany singers and performing groups as a piano and organ player. She was also an accomplished seamstress and quilt maker. She went back to school in 1973 and earned her Registered Medical Assistant Degree. Cheri managed the household, was active in her ward, and found time to teach piano lessons. Marissa was also a gifted athlete and an accomplished singer. Stan and Dan were both standout athletes. Life during these years was active and family oriented. The family moved to Phoenix in 1960 to be closer to the downtown office of the bank. From Safford to Washington DC, back to Safford, to Tucson, back to Safford, and then to Scottsdale, where Max was moving up the ladder at Valley National Bank. Early in their marriage, the family moved frequently following job opportunities for Max. Marissa was born in Phoenix in October 1961. While living in Safford, Stan was born in July of 1949, with Dan being born in February 1951. The relationship grew quickly, and Max and Cheri were married in the Arizona Temple Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mesa on September 15, 1948. Towards the end of her Senior year of high school, Cheri started dating Max Arnold Morris, a student at Gila College (Eastern Arizona JC) and a former star athlete at Safford High School. Nothing was out of range of our abilities if we wanted it badly enough to work for it.” Even with all the accomplishments, she remained humble and gracious, always kind and caring to others. She would no doubt attribute much of her success to her parents who, as she once said, “made us kids feel like we were so special and so smart and intelligent. When she graduated in the spring of 1948, she was also Salutatorian. In her senior year, she was President of the Girls Club, President of the Girls Athletic Association, played in the student band (clarinet), a member of student council, and head cheerleader. She was an excellent athlete, participating in basketball and volleyball. Cheri attended Thatcher Elementary School and Thatcher High School, where she excelled at every level. Cheri had an active youth that involved piano music lessons, playing sports, and summers with her mom, brother, and sister at the family cabin on Mt. Shortly after she was born, the family moved to Thatcher Arizona, where she was raised and educated. She was the middle child, along with her older brother Roy and younger sister Ruth Ann. Cherrial was born April 24, 1930, in Miami Arizona to Royal Grant Woods and Genevieve Josephine Jacobson Woods, descendants of Mormon pioneers. Cherrial Josephine Woods Morris/Updike of Mesa Arizona peacefully passed away at her home the evening of September 25, 2022, with her family at her side.
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