Don Morris

Don Morris was born in Du Quoin, Ill., in 1927 and lived there until he moved to Pendleton, Ore., at age 17, and worked at the Harris Pine Mills. This is where he met his wife of 71 years. Don and Jeanne married in August of 1948. Then Don went to school to learn lab and X-ray, and he worked in that field for two years in Raymond, Wash., before he was drafted into the service as a medic and served in 1952 and 1953.