Kevin Francis Morris died suddenly on Friday, March 2, 2018 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.  After losing power in a winter storm, he hit his head and died shortly after. He was 80 years old. There was no hospital bed, no wheelchair, no infusion drip and no frightening diagnosis. There was life, and then there was freedom.

Kevin was born in Brighton, MA in 1937 to Theresa and Francis Morris. Kevin lost his leg in 1945 as a 7-year-old boy. He tried to jump a moving train with his little friends and slipped on a patch of ice and fell under. In spite of such an incredible burden so early in life, Kevin went on to be a successful hockey goalie for Brighton High School, and then to graduate from Boston College. Most of his career was in sales; not because he loved to sell things, but because he loved people.  The last 17 years of his career was spent as a legal courier for Harmon Law where his coworkers became like family and he was constantly recognized for his work ethic and ease to be around. The absolute life of any party or any room or any bar, Kevin spent a life energized by making people laugh. If you met him, you have laughed with him.

Kevin met his wife, Maryann, in 1961 and they married in 1969 at St. Ignatius Church on the campus of Boston College.  As a young father, Kevin gave his wife and two daughters, Shannon and Tara, all he could. With no real example of a father himself, he moved his family to Marshfield, Massachusetts to the greatest street ever built: Whiffletree Lane. That decision gave his daughters more lifetime friendships a person could ever hope for.  And like their father, their friends are their family. There are photo albums overflowing with pictures of an incredible life: of friends and parties and celebrations, of beautiful family trips all over New England and beyond. Kevin came from nothing and tried to give his family everything, but the greatest gift he gave his children was the one trait that opens any door, fosters any friendship, and gets free drinks from time to time: he showed them how to be funny.  According to Kevin, "A life fueled by the desire to make everyone laugh is a life worth living."

Kevin and Maryann had many good years together in their 49 years of marriage.  Maryann has had Parkinson's disease since 1995 and has been in a nursing home for the last six years. Up until the end, Kevin went on every single doctor's visit with her and visited her almost daily bringing her the key to her heart: cookies. Watching Kevin Morris walk through the halls of the nursing home was incredible: people in beds would shout out from their rooms 'Ay, Kev? Have ya heard the one about the....", and wheeling Maryann down the hallway, nurses would say things like 'I love you, too, Kevin.'  Kevin made everyone feel like a friend.

There will be a church celebration at Holy Family Church in Duxbury at 12:00 on March 17 ^th , and then we will celebrate Kevin Morris in Kevin Morris style: laughing and celebrating and having a great time at Station 8 in Marshfield, mostly because it used to be Papa Gino's and we fancy that. Raise a glass for Kevin, and hope for a very long life, followed by a very quick passing, made rich by making everyone laugh. That's the Kevin Morris way.

Kevin is survived by his wife, Maryann, his two daughters, Shannon and Tara, and his beloved older brother, Larry.

In lieu of flowers, the Morris Family kindly requests that you make a donation in his memory to the Michael J Fox Foundation. Our family enjoyed watching Michael play Alex P Keaton for many years, and we have been incredibly impressed with his strength and courage in the face of Parkinson's Disease.

Please donate 'in memory' of Kevin Morris online here: https://www.michaeljfox.org/

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