Montigue Morris ’55

Montigue Morris ’55, of Marblehead, Mass.; Jan. 23. He worked for IBM and other computer companies until 1975, when he and his wife, Betsy, went into business for themselves building new houses and renovating old ones in and around Marblehead. In 1983, at the age of 50, he received a degree from Boston Architectural Center and he and Betsy built a ski house in Vermont with their own hands and without power tools, as the property was not then connected to the electric grid. After retiring in 1993, they began their biggest adventure together—sailing out of Marblehead harbor toward the Caribbean and spending five years aboard SALSA, completing two circumnavigations of the Caribbean, spending the bulk of those years in Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Cuba, and Guatemala. Twelve months were spent at Ak’Tenamit, Guatemala, working as full-time volunteers side-by-side with Mayan workers on an education and health care project up a jungle river. He served in the U.S. Army towards the end of the Korean War. He enjoyed singing harmony, was an avid reader, and skied until the age of 88. He is survived by his wife, Betsy; two sons; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.