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Donald Gillis Morrison OBITUARY

Donald Gillis Morrison, age 101, passed away peacefully on June 10, 2026.

Born in Colorado, on his family’s farm south of Limon, on April 5, 1925, the 6th child of Laura Etta Knapp Morrison and Rodney Campbell Morrison. It was the Great Depression, or “hard times.” Part of the greatest generation, Don served our country proudly as a Nose Gunner and Bombardier in a B-17 Bomber and was stationed in England, at Rattlesden airbase, arriving there on December 23, 1944, flying 20 missions over Germany and France, including humanitarian missions over France. He would say he served his Country for 2 years, 4 months, 8 days, and 5 minutes! Don met and married his soulmate, Helen Davis, a new teacher who had relocated from New Orleans, LA to Limon, CO on May 26, 1950. They remained committed to the Limon community throughout their 76-year marriage.

Don started his career in the petroleum business by buying a local filling station in Limon with $141 in his pocket, building DJ Petroleum, working five days a week until just recently. A life long member of the United Methodist Church, serving on the Town Council, as a Volunteer Fireman, a Rotarian, and a huge supporter of Limon High School athletics. He loved Colorado, serving for 16 years on the Colorado Highway Board of Transportation. The Colorado Avalanche recently honored his military service as the Hero of the Game when he was 100 years old.

Don was preceded in death by his parents; seven siblings, Dorothy, Laura (Babe), Kenneth, Marian, Margaret, Betty, and Robert; and their baby boy, Gillis Davis Morrison. He is survived by his devoted wife, Helen, who turned 100 on June 4; daughters Susan Morrison Williams, Wendy Morrison Sulzer and husband, Victor Sulzer, and Nancy Morrison; his precious grandchildren, Samuel Morrison Williams and his love, Tori Schramm, and Henrietta Calder Thompson and her husband, Bryan Thompson, and their beautiful children, and Don’s great grandchildren, Morrison (Sonny) Matthew Thompson and Louise Calder Thompson. A life well lived, truly a Legend.

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