Denver County CO Archives Obituaries.....Morrissey, Thomas Jefferson December 20, 1967
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Rocky Mountain News 12/21/1967
Thomas J. Morrissey, 68, Prominent Denverite, Dies
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	Thomas J. Morrissey, who served as U.S. District Attorney for Colorado 
longer than any man, died in his sleep Wednesday at his home, 1934 Forrest st.  
He was 68.
	Morrissey had been in ill health for the past 10 years suffering from 
emphysema.
	Requiem high mass will be sung at 9 a.m. Saturday in Blessed Sacrament 
Church.  The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday in the church.  Burial 
will be in Mt. Olivet.
	Born Aug. 27, 1899, in Denver, he attended St. Patrick's Grade School, 
Sacred Heart High School, Regis College and was graduated from the University 
of Denver Law School in 1923.
Star Guard
	He married Miss Marie Hyland on Jan. 28, 1925, in Loyola Church.
	While attending DU, he was a star guard on the DU football teams of 
1921 and 1922.  In 1918 he and Fred Dickerson met in Greeley when both were 
training to be officers in the Army.
	Mr. Morrissey and Dickerson formed a friendship then and both later 
attended DU, helping to pay their way through the university by working part 
time as janitors.
	After graduation in 1923, the pair formed a law partnership that lasted 
42 years.  The partners became known in legal circles as one of the most 
successful team of general trial lawyers in the state.
	Morrissey was appointed U.S. district attorney for Colorado in 1933.  
He was 33 at the time and was the youngest federal district attorney.
	He resigned in 1947 to become a candidate for mayor of Denver, but was 
defeated by Quigg Newton.
Demo Captain
	Morrissey was widely known in Democratic politics and served as a 
Democratic district captain.
	Members of the legal profession termed Morrissey "a great 
administrator."
	Morrissey played a prominent role in Colorado sport circles and was one 
of the founders in 1929 of the Colorado Boxing Commission and one of its first 
commissioners.  The commission later became the Colorado Athletic Commission.
	He also was a founder of Leyden-Chiles-Wickersham American Legion Post 
1, past exalted ruler of Denver Elks Lodge 17, past president of the Denver 
Federal Bar Assn., a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus and past 
director of the Western Slavonic Assn. of Denver.
	Morrissey also was a member of the Denver, Colorado and American Bar 
Assns. and a member of the board of directors of Loretto Heights College and an 
officer of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
	Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Michael F. Morrissey, a 
practicing Denver attorney; two daughters, Mrs. Bernard S. Kelly of Denver and 
Mrs. Derek Shelley of St. Louis, and 11 grandchildren.

Additional Comments:
Colorado U.S. Attorney 1933-1947 (longest term)

Mt. Olivet Sec 18 Blk 2 Lot 15

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