Charles Orville Morgan

Charles Orville Morgan

Boulder City, NV

Charles Orville Morgan passed away peacefully on January 13th, 2024 at his home in Boulder City, NV. Charles was born in Fairfield, IA on November 28th, 1931 to Orville and Mary Morgan and was raised on a farm outside of Rubio, Iowa. Charles Graduated from Richland High school in 1949. He attended the University of Iowa earning BS and MS in Geology.

Charles married Pauline Baumert in Keota, IA on September 7th, 1952 and they recently celebrated 71 years together.

After Graduating Charles joined the United States Geological Survey which started the journey living in Michigan, Louisiana, Kansas, Pakistan, California, Virginia, before settling and retiring in Boulder City, NV in 1986. After retirement from the USGS he worked with the EPA part time until 2000 with a 1-year expat assignment in Oman in 1988. Charles was a respected Groundwater hydrologist serving on many professional committees and publishing numerous papers in his field. Charles was an early adaptor in groundbreaking work helping to develop computer programs/data bases to help model/map groundwater tables starting in the 1960’s.

Charles is survived by his wife Pauline Morgan, 2 Sons (Kenneth of Elko, NV and John of Hillsboro, OR), 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and brother William Morgan of Rockville, MD. Charles was preceded in death by his brother John Morgan.

Charles had many hobbies/interests which included collecting records, coins, Indian Artifact Hunting, fishing, garage sales, and traveling to all the 50 US States and 23 countries.

Charles shared his interests with his children and grandchildren. In Later years he enjoyed playing his collection of music for everyone visiting him. A Life celebration to be held in Rubio, Iowa in June of this year.