Dr. Morris Bay, 75, Zionist And Longtime Seattle Dentist

Dr. Morris Bay, 75, longtime Seattle dentist and lifelong Zionist, died Saturday as the Jewish state to which he had devoted much of his life came under renewed missile attack.

Services for Dr. Bay will be at noon tomorrow at Herzl Cemetery, Dayton Avenue North and North 165th Street.

Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Dr. Bay was raised in Saskatchewan and earned his dental degree at the University of Alberta.

After serving in the Canadian military, he practiced briefly in Calgary before moving to Seattle in 1951.

He was a dentist here until 1968, when he and his wife moved to Israel for 12 years.

``It was his dream to live in Israel,'' said his wife, Stella. ``We both were brought up as Zionists, and Israel became an adventure and an ideal to work toward,'' she said.

The Bays lived and worked on a kibbutz for three years, then Dr. Bay opened up a dentistry practice in Jerusalem for another nine years.

``I have seen the Promised Land,'' Dr. Bay wrote in a poem written to his daughter some years ago.

Mrs. Bay said her husband was well-aware of the most recent Mideast crisis up to the end.

Since 1980, he and his wife had been living in Bellevue. He retired from dentistry several years ago.

Dr. Bay was active in the local dental society and Zionist organizations, while doing volunteer work for the Indian Health Service and other groups.

``He loved to work with the children,'' Mrs. Bay said.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two daughters, Risha Dadoun of Bellevue and Becky Barnea of Seattle; two sons, Avrum Bay of Calgary and Michael Bay of Toronto; and six grandchildren.