Gene O. Morgan

Gene O. Morgan, age 88, of Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Brooklyn Community Estate. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 1, 2022 at Grace United Methodist Church, Brooklyn, with Rev. John Dodds officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m., until 11:00 a.m. service time, at Grace United Methodist Church, Brooklyn. Burial will be in the Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Brooklyn American Legion Post #294 and the U. S. Army Honor Guard. Memorials may be contributed in Gene’s name to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or Grace United Methodist Church, Brooklyn. Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn is assisting the family with arrangements.

Gene is survived by a brother, Mervin Morgan, of Grinnell; three stepchildren, Lorna (Michael) Douglas Diehm Pollock, of Port Charlotte, FL, Dale (Joy) Douglas, of Brooklyn, Lu (Kevin) Douglas Jahlas, of Brooklyn; a stepdaughter-in-law Bev Douglas, of Brooklyn; a brother, ; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Joyce, his parents Robert and Virginia, a sister Betty Osborne, a stepson Pat Douglas, a granddaughter Jeanne Douglas and a great-granddaughter Jorani Pollock.

Gene Orren Morgan was born on the farm in rural Brooklyn on April 27, 1934, to Robert Menzo Morgan and Virginia Elizabeth (Lytle) Morgan. His mom always joked about how they paid the doctor with chickens and some produce from her garden. Gene attended school in rural Brooklyn, Scott #8 School through eighth grade and then graduated from Brooklyn High School in 1952. He served in the United States Army from 1955-1957 and served in Korea as a clerk. On July 12, 1986, he married Joyce (Maschmann) Douglas and acquired a ready-made family from this union. Gene farmed from the time he returned home from the Army until his retirement. He loved raising cattle and continued doing that until he turned 80. He worked for Farm Service in rural Brooklyn for 19 years. He was a member of the Brooklyn American Legion, the Masons and Grace United Methodist Church in Brooklyn. He loved being a farmer, raising cattle, traveling with Joyce, playing cards and watching the Green Bay Packers and Iowa Hawkeyes play football. Gene especially loved his time with family and friends, dogs and barn cats.