Posted: Thursday, Apr 26th, 2012
The News Times, Newport, OR 97365
Marvin ‘Bud' N. Morss
Marvin "Bud" N. Morss, 88, of Tidewater, Ore., and Imperial Beach, Calif., died April 16, 2012 in Imperial Beach.
He was born Jan. 6, 1924 to Elmer Ray Morss and Zella Eudora Trask Morss. Originally from Corvallis, he graduated from Corvallis High School. He and his family traveled the world from Europe to the Far East, with the U.S. Air Force.
He earned a B.A. degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a master's of education at the University of San Francisco.
Bud and his beloved Rose continued the tradition of travel in a motor coach going from Alaska to Florida renewing friendships and making new ones. It was said that he never met a stranger.
A true American hero, he stood freedom's wall for 33 years, through World War II, Korea and Vietnam, retiring at the rank of Colonel from the Air Force.
After retirement, he taught Junior ROTC at Novato High School, Marin County, Calif. He maintained residences in Tidewater, Ore. and Imperial Beach, Calif. and spent his time traveling between the two, visiting family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Marie (White) Morss.
He is survived by daughters, Katey Utterback, of Silverton, Ore., Zanna Liedike, of National City, Calif., and Mary Jane Wilkerson of San Diego, Calif.; son, Robin Morss of Imperial Beach; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 27, at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 4, at Lincoln Funeral Home in Portland, Ore. Interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
A celebration of his life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Community Presbyterian Church, 485 NE Bay St. in Waldport.
NOTE: Rose Morss's obituary may be found at Rootsweb.com on the Lincoln County, Oregon Message Board.
The News Times, Newport, OR 97365
Marvin ‘Bud' N. Morss
Marvin "Bud" N. Morss, 88, of Tidewater, Ore., and Imperial Beach, Calif., died April 16, 2012 in Imperial Beach.
He was born Jan. 6, 1924 to Elmer Ray Morss and Zella Eudora Trask Morss. Originally from Corvallis, he graduated from Corvallis High School. He and his family traveled the world from Europe to the Far East, with the U.S. Air Force.
He earned a B.A. degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a master's of education at the University of San Francisco.
Bud and his beloved Rose continued the tradition of travel in a motor coach going from Alaska to Florida renewing friendships and making new ones. It was said that he never met a stranger.
A true American hero, he stood freedom's wall for 33 years, through World War II, Korea and Vietnam, retiring at the rank of Colonel from the Air Force.
After retirement, he taught Junior ROTC at Novato High School, Marin County, Calif. He maintained residences in Tidewater, Ore. and Imperial Beach, Calif. and spent his time traveling between the two, visiting family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Marie (White) Morss.
He is survived by daughters, Katey Utterback, of Silverton, Ore., Zanna Liedike, of National City, Calif., and Mary Jane Wilkerson of San Diego, Calif.; son, Robin Morss of Imperial Beach; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 27, at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 4, at Lincoln Funeral Home in Portland, Ore. Interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
A celebration of his life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Community Presbyterian Church, 485 NE Bay St. in Waldport.
NOTE: Rose Morss's obituary may be found at Rootsweb.com on the Lincoln County, Oregon Message Board.
Posted: Thursday, Apr 26th, 2012
The News Times, Newport, OR 97365
Marvin ‘Bud' N. Morss
Marvin "Bud" N. Morss, 88, of Tidewater, Ore., and Imperial Beach, Calif., died April 16, 2012 in Imperial Beach.
He was born Jan. 6, 1924 to Elmer Ray Morss and Zella Eudora Trask Morss. Originally from Corvallis, he graduated from Corvallis High School. He and his family traveled the world from Europe to the Far East, with the U.S. Air Force.
He earned a B.A. degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a master's of education at the University of San Francisco.
Bud and his beloved Rose continued the tradition of travel in a motor coach going from Alaska to Florida renewing friendships and making new ones. It was said that he never met a stranger.
A true American hero, he stood freedom's wall for 33 years, through World War II, Korea and Vietnam, retiring at the rank of Colonel from the Air Force.
After retirement, he taught Junior ROTC at Novato High School, Marin County, Calif. He maintained residences in Tidewater, Ore. and Imperial Beach, Calif. and spent his time traveling between the two, visiting family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Marie (White) Morss.
He is survived by daughters, Katey Utterback, of Silverton, Ore., Zanna Liedike, of National City, Calif., and Mary Jane Wilkerson of San Diego, Calif.; son, Robin Morss of Imperial Beach; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 27, at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 4, at Lincoln Funeral Home in Portland, Ore. Interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
A celebration of his life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Community Presbyterian Church, 485 NE Bay St. in Waldport.
NOTE: Rose Morss's obituary may be found at Rootsweb.com on the Lincoln County, Oregon Message Board.
The News Times, Newport, OR 97365
Marvin ‘Bud' N. Morss
Marvin "Bud" N. Morss, 88, of Tidewater, Ore., and Imperial Beach, Calif., died April 16, 2012 in Imperial Beach.
He was born Jan. 6, 1924 to Elmer Ray Morss and Zella Eudora Trask Morss. Originally from Corvallis, he graduated from Corvallis High School. He and his family traveled the world from Europe to the Far East, with the U.S. Air Force.
He earned a B.A. degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a master's of education at the University of San Francisco.
Bud and his beloved Rose continued the tradition of travel in a motor coach going from Alaska to Florida renewing friendships and making new ones. It was said that he never met a stranger.
A true American hero, he stood freedom's wall for 33 years, through World War II, Korea and Vietnam, retiring at the rank of Colonel from the Air Force.
After retirement, he taught Junior ROTC at Novato High School, Marin County, Calif. He maintained residences in Tidewater, Ore. and Imperial Beach, Calif. and spent his time traveling between the two, visiting family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Marie (White) Morss.
He is survived by daughters, Katey Utterback, of Silverton, Ore., Zanna Liedike, of National City, Calif., and Mary Jane Wilkerson of San Diego, Calif.; son, Robin Morss of Imperial Beach; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 27, at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 4, at Lincoln Funeral Home in Portland, Ore. Interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
A celebration of his life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Community Presbyterian Church, 485 NE Bay St. in Waldport.
NOTE: Rose Morss's obituary may be found at Rootsweb.com on the Lincoln County, Oregon Message Board.
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