William Otto Morisse & Catherine Lydia (Borgstede) Morisse


     Otto Morisse was born January 24, 1893 east of Nashville, the eldest son
   of George and Gesine Morisse. Lydia Borgstede was born July 9, 1888, at
   Foristell, Missouri, to Dietrich and Elizabeth Borgstede.
     They met through a cousin of Lydia's, Otto Borgelt, and were married
   January 7, 1915. They made their home on a farm a few miles east of Nashville.
   They attended the St. John's Lutheran Church where Otto had been a member
   since 1908.
     Two chldren were born to their union. Wilbert was born April 12, 1916. He
   married Mildren Helmke of Zenda on December 25, 1939.
     Berniece was born June 26, 1925. She married Amzy Rowland of Kiowa on
   October 17, 1959.
     Otto died in Wichita on April 20, 1947. Lydia died in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
   on April 28, 1979. Wilbert died in Nashville on February 17, 977. Amzy
   died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 16, 1984. All are buried at the Lutheran
   Cemetery at Nashville.
                      
  Source:St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1993, Nashville, Kansas, pg. 74 
  
  

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