Age 93 of Fort
Collins
Jay passed away
peacefully April 20, 2017 while in the Centre Rehabilitation
facility. He had been living in New Mercer Commons since July of last
year. Jay has been a resident of Fort Collins since 1998 when he and
his wife, Lila Jean Morgan moved from Prairie Village, Kansas.
Jay Morgan was
born January 7, 1924, in Baldwin City, Kansas, to Orvil Scott Morgan
and Myrnice Crysler Morgan. After graduating from Baldwin High
School, he joined the United States Navy on May 15, 1943, where he
became a pilot. During World War II, he predominantly flew carrier
based SB 2 C Curtis Hell Diver dive bombers. After the end of the
War, he continued to fly with the Naval Reserve until he was
honorably discharged from the Armed Forces October 14, 1955. He
returned to Baldwin in 1945 to attended Baker University, where he
met Lila Jean Bachman, whom he married on August 24, 1949. After
graduating from Baker in 1948, he began his professional career with
the Equitable Life Assurance Company, where he worked as an executive
for nearly 30 years until retiring. He then went on to work in
residential real estate sales for another 10 years, prior to moving
to Colorado to be with family.
Surviving family
include three sons, Ross Morgan and his wife Kathy, Randy Morgan and
his wife Nancy, and Mitch Morgan and his wife Becky; four
grandchildren, Lyndsay Morgan, Allie Morgan, Tyler Morgan, and Taylor
Morgan; and numerous loving nieces and nephews, and their families.
The last of his
generation, he is preceded in death by his wife Jean, who died
February 1, 2005; his parents, his brother, O. Scott Morgan, and his
sisters, Buena Vista Ulrich, Noreen Williams and Jane Cross.
Jay was a loving
father and patriarch to his sons and extended family. His warm smile
and kind heart will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
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