MORRIE MORRIS OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY.
MORRIE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS FLEET
UNTIL RETIRING. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST GOLFERS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HAS EVEN HAD 3 HOLES-IN-ONE. HIS WIFE DOROTHY WAS 88 SATURDAY
AND WAS A LONGTIME BOOKKEEPER FOR KMAQ. SHE ALSO WAS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST GOLFERS AND THE COUPLE LIVES IN A HOME THEY BUILDT OVERLOOKING THE
MAQUOKETA GOLF COURSE. THEY HAVE A SON IN TEXAS AND A DAUGHTER IN
ARIZONA. BOTH HAVE PUT AWAY THEIR GOLF CLUBS AND NOW JUST ENJOY THE
VIEW OF THE COURSE. MORRIE IS A MEMBER OF OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP
AT THE DECKER HOTEL. ON DECEMBER 7TH WE TALK ABOUT PEARL HARBOR AT COFFEE BECAUSE MORRIE WAS THERE THAT DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.
BOTH MORRIE AND DORTHY WERE U.S. MARINES DURING WORLD WAR II.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DOROTHY AND MORRIE.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY.... TAKEN AT A SURPRISE 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MORRIE LAST THURSDAY AT THE DECKER, ATTENDED BY NEARLY 20 OF HIS GOOD FRIENDS.