Victor Gene Morris

Victor Gene Morris, 81, of Glenview, IL passed away peacefully at Northbrook Hospital on December 13, 2022 after a long period of complex health problems. Bogim, his loving wife of 38 years, and Jenny, his youngest daughter, were at his side. Victor "Vic" was born on March 5, 1941 in Des Moines, IA. He attended Roosevelt High School and Westminster Presbyterian Church where he played basketball, sang in the choir, and met his first wife, Sally West. He graduated from Drake University with a BS in biology, married Sally, and entered the Air Force, beginning a 6-year period of crisscrossing the country while his first three children were born. After spending a year on the polar icecap in Greenland he decided to leave the Force and went into civilian health care administration and risk management. He moved his family to the Chicago area when his kids were starting school and settled there for the rest of his life. He went to night school and earned a master's degree in health administration from Governors State University and spent most of his career in hospitals at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and MacNeal, with some consulting in between that took him on several trips to remote hospitals in Alaska. Vic and Sally divorced amicably in 1981. Vic met Bogim at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, they married in 1984, and lived happily ever after! He had many interests, but loved fishing, enjoyed sports, hated golf, was a voracious reader, and was good company. He was always very involved in church life, and was an elder and teacher for many years at his current parish, Beautiful Community Church. Vic was a true and dedicated family man, an ultimate provider, and a consummate gentleman. He was loved and admired by all who knew him, including his critical caregivers in his final years. He was caring, generous, forgiving, smart, patient, fun, funny, and a model husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He will be sadly missed by his adoring family and friends. Victor was preceded in death by his parents, Billy and Lucille Morris, and his sister, Patricia Morris. He is survived by his wife, Bogim, four children, nine grandchildren, and one great grandchild, as follows: Todd (Anne Aycock) -- Liam, Ella, and Nolan Carolyn -- Hannah Brian (Sandra) -- Josh and Jilian (Nicholas) Jew -- Jasper Jew Jennifer (Joseph Wewerka) -- Morris, Cyril, and Rosalind He is also survived by his first wife, Sally West Hink (mother of Todd, Carolyn, and Brian), his step-mother, Mary Morris, and his brother Steven Morris.

Victor Gene Morris

March 5, 1941 - December 13, 2022