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  Leon I. Morgan
Leon I. Morgan was born Feb. 25, 1904, in Brooklyn to Isaac and Elizabeth Morgan. He graduated from New York University in Manhattan in 1928, with degrees in pharmacy and dentistry. He began practicing in Rye that year, and he remained in the city until 1978. In Rye his family lived at 35-37 Summet Ave.
Dr. Morgan served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a captain in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in England. There, he met his wife, Elle Robertson. They married Oct. 30, 1945, in England.
 Dr. Leon Morgan Home from Military Service Overseas
Dr. Leon I. Morgan has returned from military service overseas with the U. S. Army Air Force and will resume the practice of dentistry at his former office, 22 Purchase Street, on June 3. Dr. Morgan practiced in Rye from 1929 to 1943 when he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Dental Corps. He spent a year in this country and was then sent to England, retiring with the rank of captain. Before entering the service he was School Dentist at the Rye School and president of the Suburban Dental Study Club.
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After being discharged from the military in 1945, he and his wife moved to Rye and settled in Port Chester three years later. They lived there until 1978, when Dr. Morgan retired and they moved to Neotsu, OR.
 He was active in many part of the Port Chester community. He was a member of several dental organizations and a pack leader of the Cub Scouts at Park Avenue Elementary School.
He served on the board of the Rye YMCA.
He acted in several plays and a performed as a magician at numerous county events. "He had said if he hadn't been a professional man, he would have loved to be a maitre d' at at a restaurant, telling people jokes they came in," his wife said. "He was known here (Oregon) for telling jokes; he was very active in the hospital here. People have said to me how much they miss his jokes."
After moving to Oregon, Dr. Morgan continued his interest in the community. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, an officer in the American Association of Retired Persons, and he sang in the Lincoln City Congregational Church Choir and with the Lincolnaires, a group of senior citizens. He also played the violin in the Lincoln City Pops Orchestra. He was a member of the North Lincoln Hospital Auxiliary.
Dr. Leon I. Morgan: Dr. Leon I. Morgan, who was very involved in the Port Chester-Rye community for 30 years and practiced dentistry in Rye for 50 years, died Monday April 26,1993 at his home in Neotsu, Ore. He was 89.
At the time of his death, in addition to his wife, Dr. Morgan was survived by four sons, Steve Morgan of North Ridge, Calif., David Morgan of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Richard Morgan of Lincoln City, Ore., and John Morgan of Invergarry, Scotland; a daughter, Peggy Coffman of Olympia, Wash.; and four grandchildren.
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