This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MORSE, DUFRESNE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/214 Message Board Post: Milton J. Morse Milton Joseph Morse died unexpectedly of a heart attack on June 10, 2001, just one week before his retirement as a teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Davis. The oldest of two children born to Milton Morse Sr. and Viola Morse in Sonora, he was 62. He was raised in Richmond, where he received both his primary and secondary education. His undergraduate and graduate degrees were obtained from UC Berkeley, Cal State Sacramento and the University of New York, with his thesis research conducted in Madrid, Spain. As a high school student, he had a job selling maps door to door in Richmond. It was then that he met his high school sweetheart and later his wife of nearly 42 years. Morse spent his entire 40-year teaching career in Davis. Teaching the young and the not-so-young was an unwavering passion that allowed him to touch many lives, both in the classroom and in his travels around the world, visiting old friends and meeting new ones. Believing that travel was one of the best ways to learn and to improve his abilities in the classroom, he was continually packing his well-worn suitcase and heading off with his family, his students and adult groups to various destinations in the United States, Latin America and Spain. Sadly, his next tour was to begin June 18, just a few days after his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Marie; three sons, two daughters and 12 grandchildren. These include Michael Morse and his wife Susan of Dixon, and their children, Shannon, Jessica, Kaitlin and Rickey; Mark Morse and his wife Lisa of Roseville, and their children, Quinn, Max and Sage; Marty Morse and his wife Shelley of Davis, and their children, Cole and Kyle and Mindy Dufresne and her husband Mike of Davis, and their children Ashley and Audrey; and Michelle Morse of Woodland and her son, Brandon. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held for the community on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 38141 Russell Blvd. A private service for the immediate family will precede the memorial service at the Davis Funeral Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made payable to the Milton Morse Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 1914, Davis, CA 95617. The memorial fund will be used to aid the Davis Spanish Immersion program and to construct a memorial in Morse's honor at Cesar Chavez Elementary School. (Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Thursday, June 14, 2001, (Yolo County). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)