It is an age of "selfies" so I have a seen several group shots from golf outings and random gatherings. Still I am keenly aware of those pictures that exist from 1980 (the year I married Lynn and the same year that my close friend Dave Brunner married Dianne) and prior to that time. I am also becoming more and more aware od the precious moments in time in which I enjoy the here and now. I have always been a social person (extroverted and open to new friends).
Above: That's Dave and hi brother surrounded by groomsmen and best man (me) on October 11, 1980. Mark Errington, Jim McNea, Bos Seelie, and Wes Morgan (last one in back row). Ken Brunner (Dave's dad) was coach of St. Clement CYO team. St. Luke beat them in the Rosary Bowl when Dave and I were in 8th grade at St. Clement and St. Luke respectively.
Dave Drimer (with wife Donna above) has been a deer friend since college, That's Wes Morgan, my brother Greg Morgan, Dave Drimer and Steve Manzi visiting the Edgewater Drive Morgan backyard overlooking Lake Erie in Lakewood, Ohio. We lost Dave in April 2026 after a heart valve replacement he had a heart attack and spent another 3 weeks in the hospital before he passed. I am devastated as I ponder my wife passing in Feb 2022. We'll remain Hurricanes forever, Dave and Lynn.
That's Rick and Emelio and Wes working a National Association of Admissions Counselors fair in New York City, Dave Drimer was there too. Maybe he took this picture. (Columbus Circle as I recall). Dave gave a fun toast at the wedding of my daughter Lindsey to Chris Dewey in 2014 at Jeckle Island, Georgia. He recalled a time when Lindsey was just a toddler out on the town for a day in NYC (from Hoboken, NJ).
It was fun gathering four of the six Morgan siblings on the occasion of the marriage of Ben Morgan to Allison Farrar. This photo was taken at the Key Biscayne Beach Club. I think Dan supplied the St. Luke Crusader caps. Rob, Greg, Wes and Dan huddle with Dad (James O'C Morgan b. July 1918 ...94 years). Wedding at Matheson Hammock in Miami on 10-27-2012 "The Best Day Ever".
My dad taught me two things about the game of golf: 1. Play fast and 2. Hit it as hard as you can. I've been trying to unlearn those things ever since. I found the HBE golf league in the 1990's. HBE folded after founder Fred Kummer died in April 2021. A Hearty group of golfers (mostly from HBE) have kept Thursday night gold league alive. Lately, we convene at a shade tree adjacent the Creve Coeur Golf Course parking lot. Don Pickens, Darryl Vandiver, Wes Morgan. Joe Voss, Greg Miles, Tony Augustine, Rand Niederer, George Robin, Front: Jerry Petry, Fred Scott, Dave Cox. That's Pete Conant, Wes Morgan and Fred Scott with the league trophy. (My assigned handicap at the time qualified for our three man team to win that year.)
This family picture (from another wedding) has us all flanked by dad (James O'Connell Morgan b. July 20,1918 d. 2013) on the left and Mom (Mary Francis Lawton Morgan b. February 26, 1922 d. 2011).
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