The Four Boys

 

Bertha and John Benjamin (Ben) married on January 7, 1914 after the young doctor accepted a position at St. John's in Cleveland in 1910. He finished Kinmundy High School (Illinois) four years earlier in 1906. There were four students in his graduating class from High School. (3 boys and a girl. Ben and another boy went to medical school in St. Louis. Saint Louis University and Washington University respectively). They had four boys: My Uncles David, Uncle Andrew, my dad James and John. 

The photo above shows my grandmother with her four boys. She lost her husband and the boys lost their dad when they were young men themselves. Dr. Ben died in 1943 when he was just 55 (almost 56) years old. Uncle David was just 14 and the three others were engaged in military service in Army capacities during WWII.  

DAVID MORGAN Obituary

MORGAN DAVID WILLIAM MORGAN, age 85, formerly of Lakewood, OH died peacefully at home in Darien, CT January 20, 2014. A dedicated and beloved husband and father, he was surrounded by his wife of 42 years, Mary Louise Morgan (nee Fitzsimmons), and children Mallory and David Jr. having battled Primary CNS Lymphoma for 22 months. Born July 6, 1928 in Cleveland, OH as the youngest of four boys to Dr. John Benjamin Morgan and Bertha Amersbach Morgan. He grew up in the Lakewood section of Cleveland and attended St. Ignatius and Lakewood high schools. After spending two years at Wilmington College of Ohio, where in 1948 he was a founding member of the Tau Kappa Beta fraternity, he transferred to La Salle University, where he graduated from La Salle University in 1950. After graduation he returned to Cleveland where he served in a sales capacity for the Jim Morgan Studio. He left Ohio in the late 1950's for California, New York and finally Darien where he lived for 32 years. Donations may be made to www.burke.org.

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Published by Cleveland.com on Jan. 24, 2014.

ANDREW MORGAN Obituary

MORGAN, ANDREW W., born on July 29, 1922, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2011. The family will be home following a private service at Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel. In lieu of flowers the family suggest donations to L'Chaim Jewish Hospice Program, 14875 NW 77 Ave, Suite 100, Miami Lakes, FL 33014. View this Guest Book at www. MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.

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Published by the Miami Herald on Mar. 19, 2011.

John (the oldest of the four). Obit/Highlights to come.

James

James O’Connell Morgan
(July 21, 1918 – August 20, 2013)

James O’Connell Morgan was an artist, veteran of WWII, loyal husband and father of six. He was founder of Morgan Studio (Cleveland, OH), the advertising, art and photography business which he ran for the better part of four decades. The Cleveland native later lived in Key Biscayne, FL and Keller, TX with his wife Mary until her passing in 2011. He then moved to Tampa, FL

Morgan was a graduate of St. Ignatius High School and John Carroll University. At John Carroll he was on the Big Four championship team in 1939 and was inducted into JCU’s Sports Hall of Fame. He also studied at Pratt Institute of Design in New York City.

He was a soldier during World War II. First enlisting and later entering officer candidate school (OCS). He served his country with honor for over four years.

After his time in the U.S. Army, he began his career at Malmquist Studio until he founded Morgan Studio in 1951 as “the architects of the printed page.”

He was a devoted husband to Mary Lawton Morgan. They were married December 19, 1942. Mary passed away in May 2011. They were married for 69 years. James and Mary had six children: Sundance in New Orleans LA, Mary Lynn in Columbus OH, Wesley in St Louis MO, Gregory in Tampa FL, Daniel in Lakewood OH, and Robert in San Francisco CA. James is survived by nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Memorial Service will be held at Saint Luke’s Catholic Church in Lakewood OH at 11:00 AM on September 14, 2013. James & Mary Morgan will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.  Reception to follow.

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