Morse, Barbara Evelyn Obituary

Morse, Barbara Evelyn attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, CA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Morse, Barbara Evelyn.

Graduation Year	Class of 1937
Date of Passing	Mar 22, 2009
About	Beloved matriarch of the Pioneer Morse Family of Elk Grove has passed on. She was born on November 23, 1918 to Archie and Barbara Morse of Elk Grove where she lived her entire life. (Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary and Morse Community Park where named after the family.) Her legacy will live on through her two brothers, Archie A. and David Morse (Jane) of Elk Grove and sister-in-law, Arlene Wilson, Pat Franco, and Sue Mikles; 13 nieces and nephews and many great and great-great-nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, brothers (George and Bert) and one nephew. Aunt Avie, as she was lovingly called, was like a second mother to her nieces and nephews. She attended the original Carroll School, Elk Grove High School (Class of 1937 and same year with her brother Archie), Sacramento Jr. College, San Jose State College and a member of the first graduating class of Sacramento State College where she received her teaching credential. During WW II she worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" at McClellan AFB as well as driving a harvester on the family ranch, before starting her teaching career at EG Elementary School, followed by 30 years at Pacific Elementary School in Sacramento. A passionate traveler, she toured Europe (by bicycle in 1953), the South Pacific, the Orient, New Zealand, as well as many places throughout the U.S. In recent years she enjoyed many adventures with family members cruising Canada, Alaska, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, and the San Juan Islands. A tireless volunteer into her eighties for EG Meals on Wheels (12 years), Bruceville Terrace Skilled Nursing Center, Franklin-Laguna Area Planning Advisory Council, EG Methodist Church, the LEAD Advisory Committee, and the American Cancer Society. She held leadership roles in the Native Daughters of the Golden West Liberty Parlor (59 years, President 4 times), EG Chapter of the Eastern Star (Worthy Matron), Cosumnes River College Patrons Club (President), the Oldest West Coast Book Club of EG (President), EG Garden Club (President), and the EG Historical Society. Hers was a life of well lived service, integrity, generosity, and love. She was an inspiration and her example will sustain us all. The family will be forever grateful to her wonderful caregivers, Michelle and Lilly, and Mercy Hospice Nurse Pam. The EG community has lost a true representative of what Elk Grove has always been about.-- Information from the Sacramento Bee and the EG Citizen, March 28, 2009"