Morrison is survived by son Douglas Morrison, of Renton a daughter, Maureen Morrison, of Issaquah a grandson, Matthew and two sisters, Marilyn Volwiler, of Mill Creek, and Nelvia Kuxhaus, of Torrance, Calif.Ī funeral was held yesterday at Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Lake Forest Park. In addition to his wife and his son Gordon, Mr. Morrison and his wife lived for 30 years in one of the buildings he built, overlooking Bellevue's Meydenbauer Bay. "He was a very outgoing person, very quick-witted and generous - a good person to have as a friend," Schroeder said. The pair enjoyed trap shooting, pheasant hunting and golfing at the Everett Country Club, Schroeder recalled. Morrison as a competitor, but they soon became friends. Howard Schroeder, a retired Edmonds developer, met Mr. They were so close they were like one person, really," said Gwen Allen, general manager of the restaurant. Morrison had breakfast at Coco's Restaurant in Bellevue, where they got to know all the employees.
"He had a way with remembering everyone's name and something about them."Īlmost every day for 25 years, Mr. "I've always been amazed by the number of friends he had," Gordon Morrison said. Morrison showed equal skill in building friendships. Morrison Inc., grew into one of the major builders of houses and apartments in the Pacific Northwest. He bought a book on how to build a house and dug the foundation of his first one by hand, at Sheridan Beach in Lake Forest Park, recalled his son Gordon Morrison, of Bellevue. Morrison didn't like punching a clock, so when the war ended, and with the couple's first child on the way, he left Boeing to become his own boss.
2, 1942, and the couple last month celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. He attended Washington State University, but when World War II broke out, he left college to work for Boeing.
Morrison was born in Blaine on April 20, 1919, and graduated from Bellingham High School. 7) at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle after a long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and heart disease. Over the years, the respected Bellevue developer constructed thousands more houses and apartments across King County and built numerous lasting friendships with his outgoing personality. "Jack" Morrison scraped out the foundation for his first house with a pick and a shovel.
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