LifeTimeline

Stephen Morgan

    • AUG 10

      Born

    1953
    • Kindergarten

    1958
    • First Grade

    1959
    • Second Grade

    1960
    • Third Grade

    1961
    • Fourth Grade

    1962
    • OCT

      Seventh Grade, Jr. High

    1965
    • Eighth Grade

    1966
    • MAY

      Coronado High School Graduation

    1971
    • Stephen Buys Morgan Radiator Service

    1972
    • Stephen Sells Morgan Radiator Service

    1983
    • MAY

      Stephen Graduates from DeVry University

    • SEP

      Stephen Goes to Work for Goodyear Aerospace

    1985
    • Stephen Quits Loral and Returns to Scottsdale

    1999
    • AUG

      Stephen Starts a Blog

    2005
    • NOV 08

      Stephen's Mother Dies

    • DEC

      Stephen Becomes a Property Owner

    2010
    • JUL 29

      Died

    2016
  • Born

    David Morgan
    Stephen was born at McCormick Hospital in Moberly, Missouri. He was delivered by Dr. Morris C. Epley.
  • Kindergarten

    Moberly, Missouri
    Stephen Attended Kindergarten at North Park Elementary School.
    By David Morgan
  • First Grade

    Moberly, Missouri
    Stephen Attended First Grade at North Park Elementary School, until early 1960 when the family moved to California.
    By David Morgan
  • Second Grade

    Las Cruces, New Mexico
    Stephen Attended Second Grade in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
    By David Morgan
  • Third Grade

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen attended Supai Elementary School in Third Grade.
    By David Morgan
  • Fourth Grade

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen started Fourth Grade at Yavapai Elementary School where he would attend classes through October 1965.
    By David Morgan
  • Seventh Grade, Jr. High

    Moberly, Missouri
    The family returned to Moberly, Missouri in October 1965 where Stephen attended seventh grade. The school may have been called Lincoln Park. For the first couple of months, the family lived on the Rice farm (approximately five miles east of Moberly on highway 24) with Stephen's grandmother, Lola Rice.
    By David Morgan
  • Eighth Grade

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen returns to Yavapai Elementary School in Scottsdale for eighth grade.
    By David Morgan
  • Coronado High School Graduation

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen graduates Coronado High School where he has distinguished himself in art and crafts classes. He has a great relationship with his art teacher, Joe Gatti.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen Buys Morgan Radiator Service

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen buys the family business from his father, Charles Morgan, for $1. He had worked at Morgan Radiator Service during the summers while growing up. He would run the business successfully for over 10 years.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen Sells Morgan Radiator Service

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen sells Morgan Radiator Service to his father. He retains a large cache of copper radiator cores and brass radiator tanks, which he sells for scrap periodically to help support himself while attending DeVry University.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen Graduates from DeVry University

    Phoenix, Arizona
    Stephen completes his associates degree at DeVry and begins searching for a job.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen Goes to Work for Goodyear Aerospace

    Fallon, Nevada
    A friend from DeVry takes a job at Goodyear Aerospace in Fallon, Nevada. He recommends Stephen for a job, which results in Stephen being hired. Goodyear Aerospace's facility is about 30 miles from Fallon, in the middle of the desert. Loral buys Goodyear Aerospace in 1987 and Stephen's job migrates to the new owner. He writes software for Navy inventory systems. The programming language was machine code, which is not a common programming language. He felt this limited his ability to get a job after leaving Loral.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen Quits Loral and Returns to Scottsdale

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen quits Loral and returns to Scottsdale declaring that is will not work again. He moves in with his mother who supports him until her death.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen Starts a Blog

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen starts a blog at http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/ where he recounts stories about his mother's life, his dreams, and stories about growing up.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen's Mother Dies

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen's mother dies of sepsis, related to her congestive heart failure. She passes away at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital South with Stephen, his siblings and their children at her side.
    By David Morgan
  • Stephen Becomes a Property Owner

    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Stephen and his sister, Sharon, inherit their mother's home, where Stephen lives until he passes away, just 12 days before his 63rd birthday.
    By David Morgan
  • Died

    David Morgan
    Stephen passed away alone at his home in Scottsdale. He was suffering from kidney failure and other conditions.