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Married on June 21, 1952

Margaret Mary Morgan & John A. Maurer, Jr.

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St. Anthony Hospital where I was born in South
St. Louis City in 1953, as were John III, Laura,
Teri, Lynn and Janet.

St. Francis of Assisi Parish and School in, Oakville, Missouri from which all six of us graduated.

Many of my Morgan Uncles, Aunts and Cousins at St. Louis Breast Cancer Awareness Walk June 2002

All six of us kids with my parents on their 50th wedding anniversary 2002.

The 12 grandchildren with my parents on their 50th Wedding Anniversary

My folks in 1952 at the Lambert St. Louis Airport.

My folks while dad was on leave in 1952.

I must be in about fourth grade in this picture. John, me, Lynn on my lap, with
new baby Janet on my mom's lap, dad, Laura and Teri.

Me, Lynn, her husband Roger Schallom, my brother-in-law Nino Mascalo, and
my sister Janet his wife. Mom and Dad's 50th Anniversary 2002

My folks on their 50th Wedding Anniversary June 2002

Giving one of the Toast's to my parents on their 50th Anniversary June 2002.

Janet's 3rd birthday in Grandma
Maurer's basement kitchen.

My brother John and my cousin Larry Greis are
amazed at my birthday gift.

My godparents Aunt Louise Maurer Gries and
Uncle Joe Morgan

Grandparent Maurer's backyard with my Bud,
now grown it is a Bass Ale.

Dad was away in the army at my birth in 1953

St. Mary's Chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha Founder's Day Banquet
March 1978. I received the Outstanding Undergraduate Award.
Mom and dad, with Rosie Villarreal.

Mom and dad's surprise 25th Wedding Anniversary Party.

Teri, Janet, Lynn, Laura, John and I at their 25th Wedding Anniversary.

My dad in his work shop, true example of
St. Louis term "scrubby Dutch"

Margaret Mary Morgan was born in 1933, St. Louis, Mo. She married John Anthony "Mick"
Maurer, Jr. (born in 1932, St. Louis, Mo) on June 21, 1952 in St. Louis, Mo.
Their children are:

I. Michael Thomas "Mick" Maurer (alias Floyd), b. 1953, St. Louis, Mo.

II. John Anthony Maurer, III, b. 1954, St. Louis, Mo.
He married Pamela Anne Siems on August 3 and August 4, 1973 in St. Louis County, Mo.
Their children are:
1. John Anthony Maurer, IV, b. 1977, St. Louis County, Mo.
He married Kasey Barton on May 17, 2002 in Colorado Springs, Co.
1.a. Desmond Barton Maurer b. 2007, Boulder, Colorado.
2. Erin Nicole Maurer, b. 1979, St. Louis County, Mo.
She married James Michael Quattromani on December 29, 2001, in St. Louis County, Mo.
3. Michael Warren Maurer, b. 1981, St. Louis County, Mo.
He married Christin Grace Maxwell on September 12, 2009, in Jackson, Mississippi
3.a. Presley Ann Maurer, b. 2009, Marina del Rey, California

III. Laura Jean Maurer, b. 1956, St. Louis, Mo.
She married James Michael Didion on September 13, 1980 in St. Louis County, Mo.
Their children are:
1. Julie Marie Didion, b. 1981, St. Louis County, Mo.
2. Mark Maurer Didion, b. 1982, St. Louis County, Mo.
3. Lisa Anne Didion, b. 1985, St. Charles County, Mo.

IV. Teresa Ann Maurer, b. 1958, St. Louis, Mo.
She married Robert David Wilson on May 11, 1984 in St. Louis County, Mo.
Their children are:
1. Stephanie Morgan Wilson, b. 1987
2. Kacey Nichole Wilson, b. 1989

V. Marilyn Elizabeth Maurer, b. 1960, St. Louis County, Mo.
She married Roger David Schallom on May 29, 1982 in St. Louis, Mo
Their children are:.
1. Danielle Elizabeth Schallom, b. 1986
2. Megan Elizabeth Schallom, b. 1990
3. David Joseph Schallom, b. 1992

VI. Janet Marie Maurer, b. 1962 , St. Louis County, Mo.
She married Anthony Frank "Nino" Mascalco, Jr. on August 9, 1985 in St. Louis County, Mo.
Their child is:
1. Maria Elinor Mascalco, b. 1998

Bauernhof Entrance at Grant's Farm
sight of many trips a family or
scouting outing.

The old Sportsmans Park home of the St. Louis
Cardinals and St. Louis Brown's where I saw
my first ballgame.

Grant's Cabin

Illinois State Capitol, Springfield

Lincoln home in Springfield, Ill.

Abraham Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield, Ill.

Missouri State Capitol, Jefferson City

Mark Twain home Hannibal, MO.

My dad's "coat of arms".

How I picture my father as a child, a little
scrubby Dutch boy on Neosho Street in South
St. Louis City.

Stan the Man Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals

Inside Union Station hotel, St. Louis, Mo.

St. Louis City Hall modeled after the Paris Hotel de
Ville to honor the French roots.

July 4th Celebration at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

The Arena home to the St. Louis Blues Hockey team.

Kiel Municipal Auditorium home of the St. Louie U Billikens Basketball team
and the former St. Louis Hawks (now the Atlanta Hawks) Professional
Basketball team.

Jefferson Barracks, oldest US Military installation west of the Mississippi,
located in my hometown area. The national cemetery where as cub scouts we
honored our Veterans each Memorial Day. My Uncle Joseph Maurer is buried
there.

Ralston Purina Checkerboard Square
where my mother, my brother John and so
many others of my family once worked.

Pork Ribs, Bratwurst, Imo's Pizza,
Maulls BBQ Sauce, Gooey Butter
Cake and Toasted Ravioli are some
of the tastes of the city.

My dad was a Teamster, I am a
member of the UAW. Never
thought that as a university
professor I would belong to the
United Auto Workers union.

ACT-UAW (UAW Local 7902)
represents over 4,000 teachers
at NYU and The New School

Busch Stadium former home of the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball
Team, and the former St. Louis Cardinals Football Team.

The Admiral which cruised up and down the
Mississippi River.

My mother, Margaret Mary Morgan, was born in March 1933 at St. Mary's Hospital in St.
Louis County. She was baptized at St. Margaret's Church on Flad Avenue in St. Louis.
Grandmother and Grandfather Morgan lived on Flad Avenue. Her Godparents were
Francis Ferenbach and Marguerite Morgan.

The moved to Garnier Street when she started kindergarten at Holy Family School (where
I started First Grade). She graduated from 8th grade at Holy Family in June 1947.

They used to visit Great Grandmother Ferenbach on her farm in Jerseyville, Illinois. She
died when my mother was in 7th grade and she was buried on Christmas Eve. My
mother did not visit the farm again until her Junior year of high school. Her cousin Paul
Kenny Ferenbach was killed in a car accident on New Year's Eve.

Great Grandmother Ida Morgan, Grandfather Morgan's mother, died when my mom was
one year old. As neither my Grandfather Floyd Morgan nor my Great Grandfather Michael
C. Morgan had a car they did not see family often. He did come to my mother's First
Communion Party and also to her wedding.

The Morgan's moved to Michigan Avenue in late 1946 while my mother was in 8th grade
at Holy Family. She started high school at Rosati-Kain on Lindell Blvd., in September
1947 and graduated in June of 1951. She took four buses to get to school.

In March of her junior year in high school she quit school to help Grandfather Morgan with
the bills. Her youngest brother, the 11th child, Christopher, was due to be born and
money was very tight. She asked Grandfather if it would help if she went too work full
time. He did not want her to quit school but he really needed help. He found her a job as
a bank messenger at Mississippi Valley Trust Co. She was later promoted to the Credit
Dept. taking loan applications for cars.

That summer in August after working full time for six months she asked if she could
return to school in September 1950 to finish and graduate. The nuns at school and
Grandfather Morgan all said yes. She had to take English, Math, Typing and Shorthand,
but do extra work in Chemistry so she could graduate with her class.

While in high school she worked different jobs: as a clerk in the lamp dept. of a dime
store, at the St. Louis Art Museum as a waitress in the Tea Room, at Miss Hullings
Cafeteria as a waitress, at Famous-Barr Dept. Store one summer giving out Eagle
Stamps and redeeming stamp books, and again the next summer at Famous in the Will
Call Dept. in their warehouse.

In September 1950 of her senior year starting back to school she meet her future
husband John A. (Mick) Maurer, Jr. They meet at a Teen Town back to school dance.
They never dated anyone else after that.

After graduation from high school in June 1951 she took an office job for a manufacturing
plant where she worked for the purchasing agent. She taught 3rd grade at Epiphany
Catholic grade school from September 1952 until June 1952 when she was married to
my father. (At that time you did not need a college degree to teach in the Catholic grade
school system.

They were married on June 21, 1952 at Sts. Mary and Joseph Church. Dad received his
draft notice two weeks before the wedding and he was sent orders to report on
December 18, 1952. The Korean War was going on. He was inducted into the Army on
January 27, 1953. They flew to Chicago for their honeymoon. The first plane ride for both
of them.

After the honeymoon she found a job at Ralston Purina, but since she was expecting me
she did not work there very long. She moved back in with her parents while my father
was in the Army. Grandfather Floyd Morgan did not live to see his first grandchild. He
died on March 10, 1953, I was born on April 14, one day after my Uncle Chris's birthday,
which is April 13, who became an uncle at the age of 3.

I was named Floyd Thomas after Grandfather Morgan but was nicknamed Mickey
because I looked exactly like my father John (Mick). Before I started grade school she
changed my name legally to Michael because it went with my nickname, and no one
(unless teasing me) called me Floyd. Mom said she had Michael picked out for my
name but changed it when her father died suddenly. Grandfather Floyd had always
wanted to use the name of Michael for one of his sons.

My father was sent to Fort Monmouth in New Jersey in 1953. My mother joined him in
August 1953. My mother, myself, her sister Ann Morgan, and my father's sister Marie
Maurer took a train to Long branch, New Jersey. My aunts were able to go to New York
before they returned home. But my mother never got to New York, as she was already
pregnant with their second child. She would walk with me to the ocean every day, and I
acquired quite a tan just getting a little sun every day. While growing up they would call
me their dark brother because I could tan so easily, and my great Aunt St. Mary Joseph
Schilly once asked my mother if she was sure I was her's since I was so much darker
than everyone else. True story, but my mother will likely say it was a Michael memory.

In late September 1953 mom was told to return with me to St. Louis, while dad was sent
to Fort Huachuca in Tombstone, Arizona. They drove back to St. Louis in October, and
she moved in with my Grandparent Maurer's . Dad's parents gave her their bedroom and
they made a new bedroom in their basement for themselves.

My brother was born then on March 17, 1954 on St. Patrick's Day. Being that we are less
than 12 months apart we are "Irish Twins". He was named John Anthony Maurer, III.
Mom said she couldn't give him an Irish name since she was living with dad's Very
German parents. She had named me after her father and later changed my name to my
Great Grandfather's name. So their second son was named after my father and my
Grandfather John.

Dad came home on leave in June 1954 and saw his second son for the first time. He
missed the birth of his first two children. They were able to move into a four family flat on
Wyoming Street. Dad's uncle owned the flat and dad's older sister Louise and her
husband Mel, lived on the first floor. So mom was back in Holy Family Parish. In January
1955 dad was discharged from the army. He returned to his job driving a truck for
Sieckmann Brothers.

In February 1956 my sister Laura Jean was born. They moved to the first floor of the flat
in June of that year. Louise and Mel bought a house and had moved out with their three
children. My parent's were now in the first floor flat which was three rooms with a
Murphy bed in the living room

In July 1956 until 1958 dad took a job with Binz Hide and Tallow driving a truck. In 1958
work was so slow he was laid off and he then worked for Kraft Foods. He was out of
town five days a week and only came home on Wednesday evening.

Then in September 1958 the fourth child was born, Teresa (Teri) Ann. She missed my
dad's birthday which is September 2nd by 7 hours. They were able to buy a new house
in February 1959. It was ready for us to move into in September 1959.

Dad went back to work at Binz Hide and Tallow in 1960. Binz sold out to National
By-Products and he continued driving for them until 1989. He then retired after working
36 years as a Teamster Driver. He also went to night school to become a Stationary
Engineer (he set the example of late night studying for us all).

When Teri was born in September 1958 three of our Great Grandparents were alive.
They all died within a few weeks. First my Great Grandpa Michael Morgan died in late
September 1958. Then Great Grandma Lena Schilly died on October 18, 1958, and
Great Grandpa Joseph Schilly died on October 29, 1958. I was in kindergarten at Horace
Mann School in St. Louis City.

March 17 St. Patrick's Day

December 6 St. Nicholas Day

My mom's Mother (Bertha Ferenbach Morgan), her Grandmother (Ida Morgan), and her
Mother-in-Law (Marie Schilly Maurer), all had their birthdays on August 14th. Another
coincidence (or as the theologian Henri Neuman called a God-incidence) her father Floyd T.
Morgan died on March 10 in 1953 and my father's dad, John A. Maurer, Sr., also died on
March 10 in 1977.

They moved to Freeman Drive in Oakville, Missouri in September 1959 just in time for
Johnny and I to start school. I had completed just a month of first grade at Holy Family, but
was now in first grade at St. Francis of Assisi. While Johnny went to kindergarten at Point
School. All six of us kids were able to start 1st grade and graduate from 8th grade at St.
Francis of Assisi. I was the only one to attend kindergarten in St. Louis City, while they all
attended kindergarten at different schools in the Mehlville R-9 School District.

Marilyn (Lynn) Elizabeth was born in September 1960, and Janet Marie arrived in January
1962. We all played CYC Sports at St. Francis of Assisi where my dad was Lay Director and
a Coach. Mom was a Girl Scout Leader for three years.

I gradated from St. Louis Prep South High School (the only one to attend Catholic High
School, as we had to pay our own tuition so we would not fail, and my siblings saw all the
work I had to do). Another Michael legend my mother will say. I worked in summers at St.
Francis of Assisi Parish cleaning, on Saturday at the Meatblock Butcher Shop cleaning, and
on weekends making pizzas at Guiseppies. John and Laura graduated from Mehlville High
School. Teri, Lynn and Janet all graduated from Oakville High School.

When Janet was in first grade mom started out working three days a week but soon
changed to five days a week for a small family owned machine shop in St. Louis City. She
retired 25 years later in September 1993. The owner died and his family sold the business.
Dad after retiring as a teamster drove a bus for Oakville School district, then a bus for the
senior center and finally did handy work for the School Sisters of Notre Dame of St. Louis in
Lemay, Missouri.

The new Busch Stadium in St. Louis

Mehlville HS from which John and Laura graduated.

Oakville HS from which Teri,
Lynn and Janet graduated.

Editors Note: Neither dad nor his three siblings attended or graduated from college, Grandpa and Grandma Maurer each had only 9 years of education. Of
the 11 Morgans, two of moms brothers have college degrees (Larry and Frank), Grandpa Morgan had only a 4th Grade education. We three kids are at 50%
with Lynn, Janet and myself having graduated from college. The fourth generation is running at 60% with six graduates (Johnny, Erin, Michael, Julie, Mark
and Lisa) and two currently in college (Stevie, and Danie). That leaves two in high school, one in middle school and the youngest in elementary school.

Jefferson City Vacation August 1968

St. Francis of Assisi Crusader League Soccer Players 1965

St. Louis Zoo June 1963

June 21, 1952

Great Grandpa Michael Curran Morgan meeting John A. Maurer, Jr. for first
time on June 21, 1952

Margaret Mary Morgan Maurer at 6 months of age

In grade school my dad set pins at the parish bowling alley. In high school he was a stock boy at the drug goods store his mother worked for. He washed cars at
Neser Motors, a used car lot and picked up cars for the owner at car auctions in Kentucky and Arkansas.

My dad drove mainly to MO-IL-AR-KY-KS and TN. Most days he was out and back the same day, as many as 450 miles round trip. You could only drive 10 hours in
a 24-hr. day plus work loading and unloading fro about 70 hours in a 5 day week. Some days were 16 hours and some more like the normal 14 hour day.

While at Kraft Foods he would leave on Monday morning and return Tuesday evening, leave again on Wednesday morning and return on Friday evening. He would
be away from home Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. While at National By-Products it was only when he went to Memphis, Little Rock or Chicago that
he had to stay over.

Back in the 1950-'s, 1952-1956, when he started driving trucks he mainly delivered shoes for Wohl and Brown Shoe Company, this was when St. Louis was a
major shoe manufacturing center. He was in the Army from January 1953 until January 1955 and was stationed in California, New Jersey and Arizona. While in
the service he worked in a motor pool and was a E-5, buck sergeant upon discharge.

After the service he drove for a couple of years for a rendering plant, was laid off in 1958, which was a recession year and worked out of the union hall for about 3
weeks. He was then hired by Kraft Foods until 1960. He then went back to Binz Hide and Tallow in 1960.

In January 1973 Binz was sold to National By-Products of Des Moines, Iowa and worked for them until 1989. He then retired from the teamsters after 36 years.

He then drove a school bus for Mehlville School District for five and a half years until 1995. Dad said driving a bus was harder than his 36 years as a teamster. But
he still did not fully retire, as he drove a 15 passenger van for Oats' (Older Adult Transportation service. Whom he drove for, for the next 2 years. It was supposed
to be for 3 days a week but often times it was 4 or 5 days a week. At age 67 he fully retired.

At Binz Hide and Tallow and National By-Products they rendered tallow, meat meal, and feather meal. Tallow goes into soap, like Proctor and Gamble, Lever
Brothers and others. It is also used in fabric softeners. Kitchen grease, picked up at restaurants, goes into animal feed like meat meal and soy bean meal, rice
hulls and a lot of other grain seed and hulls for chicken and turkey feed.

A lot of tallow, which comes from hog and cow fat, was hauled to barge terminals and shipped down river to New Orleans and then put on freighters t countries
around the world. The US is the biggest beef, pork and poultry consumers and shippers in the world.

His father was a mechanic before he went to work for Anheuser-Busch, so my dad has always had a love affair with automobiles. In 2005 he told my nephew
David he had owned at least 44 cars in his life-time. Plus several motorcycles and trucks, as well as boats..

John A. Maurer, Jr. was stationed at Fort Monmouth,
New Jersey; then Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and Camp
Roberts, California from 1952-1956.