The 31st of December, 1943 found John (Jack) Morgan being born in Mason City, Iowa. He attended Pacelli High School and received his diploma in 1962. He was born and raised in Austin, Minnesota.
Both Austin Junior College and the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966, were stops on his educational journey. After that, Jack began his career as an English instructor at Mona Shores High School.
Jack attended Colorado State College in Greeley for the first three years of his life. In 1969, he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Psychology, Counselling, and Guidance from that institution. Jack began his career at Shores by teaching English for fifteen years.
After that, he moved on to taking on the role of Guidance Counsellor at Shores, a role he continued to hold for another twenty-six years until his retirement in 2007. Jack worked at the Shores track meetings and football games for a number of years.
He was a huge fan of the Shores athletic teams and enjoyed watching those players compete. As a supporter of the Mona Shores Choir programme, Jack continued to attend several dress rehearsals over the course of his career, even after he had retired from his position at Shores.
His daughter Jennifer Graves (Cory) and his son Steve (Alysia Hayas) as well as his three grandchildren, Leah and Connor Graves, and Deniella Morgan, are among those who were left behind after Jack’s passing. Also, he is the uncle of three nephews who were born to his late sister, Anne Baudler (Dave).
