Dr. Lyle W. Morgan II, 79, of Pittsburg, Kansas, passed away at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, Kansas on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
He was born on April 5, 1947, to Lyle and Ione E. (Bronson) Morgan in Fremont, Nebraska and spent his youth there. He studied in Germany as a high school foreign exchange student, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Doane College, a Masters degree in adolescent counseling psychology from Florida State Christian University, and two Masters degrees, in English and in secondary school administration and curriculum, from Wayne State University.
He earned a Doctorate of Homeopathic Medicine from the University Internationale, completing post graduate studies in Europe, and practiced internal medicine for a number of years. He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Nutritional Medicine from the American Nutrimedical Association and was a Fellow of the International Alliance of Nutrimedical Association.
“Dr. Lyle” earned a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, developed an interest and expertise in the works of English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, and began a 35-year career teaching English Literature as a professor of English at Pittsburg State University, where he also served as the director of English Education, administering the largest coordinated academics program on campus. He also served as adviser to the PSU Pre-Med program and as liaison among the Department of English, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, and the Kansas State Board of Education in the training of high school and middle school teachers of English and Language Arts and supervised student teachers in PSU's Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma service area.
Lyle was involved in the Boy Scouts program throughout his life, having earned the Arrow of Light, God & Country, and Eagle Scout rank as a youth, and received the Scouter's Training Award, Scouter's Key, Commissioner Arrowhead, Arrowman of the Year, Golden Sun from the Mo-Kan Council, and Silver Beaver from the Mid-America Council. He was recognized as a James E. West Fellow, a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, Silver Antelope by the Central Region of the BSA, and received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA). He served as Commissioner of the Osage District, as Advancement Chairman of the Mo-Kan District, and mentored over 100 youth to become Eagle Scouts. He served on the Executive Board of the Mid-America Council, the Mo-Kan Council, and the Ozark Trails Council, and on the Regional Camping school of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a Sachem in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say at H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation, and the Founding Medicine Man and then a Chieftain of the Tribe of Lone Bear at Camp Arrowhead in the Ozark Trails Council.
Lyle was a prolific letter writer and the author of five books on homeopathic/pro-biotic medicine. His books have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, and Polish and also appear in British editions. Dr. Morgan, a longtime health care educator and diagnostic physician, devoted considerable time and energy to in-service training of physicians and ancillary health professionals and to the education of the public in collaborative, nutritional, and holistic approaches to health care. He was recognized in 1994 for worldwide leadership in education and excellence in teaching as a member of the Class of Distinguished Fellows by the College of Preceptors of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth. In retirement, he authored an adventure fiction novel, River Boy, and was writing a second novel.
He has served on the editorial advisory boards of several national health publications, and the advisory board and secretary of the Crawford County Family Planning Clinic. He held a black belt in ShotoKan Karate, was a life member of the Order of DeMolay, the Rockefeller Family Association, the Rosicrucian Order, the AMORC, and held memberships in the JayCees, Lions Club, and other civic, fraternal, and service organizations.
Special thanks to Dr. Mindi Garner, Dr. Kathryn Cornelius, the staffs of Mercy Hospital 4th floor and Emergency Department, and the staffs of Via Christi Village nursing care and assisted living for their compassion and care provided to Lyle in the last months of his life.
A Celebration of Life including the Micosay/Tribe of Lone Bear Memorial Service will take place at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 301 East 11th Street in Pittsburg, Kansas on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. Private burial will take place at the Ridge Cemetery in Fremont, Nebraska at a later date. Memorial donations can be made to the Boy Scout Endowment at the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, or to the Dr. Lyle Morgan Scholarship Fund at the Pittsburg State University Foundation, and can be left at the funeral home or mailed to P.O. Box 1, Pittsburg, Kansas 66762-0001. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Brenner Mortuary, in Pittsburg. Arrangements in Nebraska are under the direction of Ludwigson Mortuary in Fremont, Nebraska.
