Michael Morris

Michael James Morris, age 66, of Edina passed away 1/5/2021. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Constance Strei and daughters Kathryn (Matthew) Lounsbury of Edina and Rachel Morris of Minneapolis. He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas and Elizabeth Morris (Cowette), brother Daniel Morris, sister Barbara Mazoko, and nephew Paul Mazoko.

He grew up in Minneapolis, graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor’s Degree in English, and received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota - Duluth. He worked in market research, analyzing data in multiple industries throughout his career. He retired in May 2020 from nVent.

Mike and Connie loved to travel with family, however, their greatest adventure was as parents to two daughters. Connie will cherish Mike’s strength, sincerity, respect, dependability, and solid partnership. Katie will always treasure the memories of sitting on her dad’s lap as a child and drawing together, bike rides, board games, Dad jokes, and hours of conversation during long road trips and over dinner at home. Rachel will miss her supportive and welcoming father who showed kindness to everyone and taught her how to see humor in everyday life. They loved SNL references, silly jokes, bonding over their shared love of music, and trying fun new things like goat yoga.

Mike loved Grand Marais, MN and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, beginning with his work as a camp counselor in his 20’s and visiting yearly since. He collected antique postcards of old cars and sold many on eBay. He liked learning about history. He thoroughly enjoyed driving his Porsche Cayman, the dream car he purchased in 2018.

We remember and cherish Mike as our gentle, funny, and loving husband, father, and friend. We will miss him terribly but rejoice to know that he is now home with Jesus.

A Virtual Only Memorial Service will be held on January 16. Check the events page for details and the streaming link.