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September 11, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 5-8 PM on Wednesday September 13, 2017 at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A committal service will be offered on Thursday September 14, 2017 at 10 AM at Mt Hebron Cemetery, 851 Valley Rd, Montclair, NJ.
George Markley Morris, Jr., age 78 of Wayne passed away peacefully on September 11, 2017 while receiving the loving care of his family.
George was born one of two boys to George and Adele Morris in Orange, NJ. He grew up in Orange and after his high school graduation he attended Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA where he earned a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. Shortly after his graduation from college, George heard the call to serve his country. George served very proudly and honorably in the United States Air Force from 1961-1965, where he was a computer operator on B-52 Bombers.
During his service in the USAF and while attending a church meeting he met a young beautiful young women by the name of Gloria “June” Chatham. June and George dated for a couple of years and as fate would have it they fell in love and were married on a Sunday on July 12, 1964, at Kessler Air Force Base Chapel in Biloxi, Mississippi. They had to move once as a result of George being transferred to Great Falls, Montana but, after his honorable discharge from the service in 1965, they moved to Nutley, NJ. Eventually George and June moved to Wayne and would call that their home for the rest of their lives and would raise their son George M. Morris, III. George worked at a few different companies, like Western Electric, before earning a position as a Computer Analyst at Schering Plough in Kenilworth, NJ. He worked there for the next twenty eight years until his retirement several years ago. When George retired, he and June joined the Wayne Adult Community Center where they took computer classes and volunteered to mail out the center’s newsletter. They also took occasional trips to Mississippi to visit June’s brothers and they loved taking special vacations for several years in beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine at the Linekin Bay Resort. George and June cherished 52 years of loving and loyal marriage, but were also heartbroken in 2012 when their only son George Markley Morris, III passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.
George also belonged to several different local computer clubs in his area. George enjoyed collecting old radios and had an extensive collection of model trains. His family remembers his as being very smart, kind and considerate and frugal to a fault, always looking for a great deal to save his family some extra money. George was a devoted father and husband. He dedicated all of his time to caring for his wife June when she became ill and was at her side until her passing in September 2016. George was an extraordinary person who made long lasting friendships with many people and will be missed by all who knew him.
George is survived by his two brother-in-laws Dennis Chatham of Rose Hill, MS, and Gene Chatham and his wife Susan of Vicksburg, MS, and numerous nieces and nephews. George was predeceased by his wife, Gloria June Morris in 2016, and by his son George Markley Morris, III in 2012.
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Friends may visit with the family from 5-8 PM on Wednesday September 13, 2017 at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A committal service will be offered on Thursday September 14, 2017 at 10 AM at Mt Hebron Cemetery, 851 Valley Rd, Montclair, NJ.
September 11, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 5-8 PM on Wednesday September 13, 2017 at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A committal service will be offered on Thursday September 14, 2017 at 10 AM at Mt Hebron Cemetery, 851 Valley Rd, Montclair, NJ.
George Markley Morris, Jr., age 78 of Wayne passed away peacefully on September 11, 2017 while receiving the loving care of his family.
George was born one of two boys to George and Adele Morris in Orange, NJ. He grew up in Orange and after his high school graduation he attended Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA where he earned a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. Shortly after his graduation from college, George heard the call to serve his country. George served very proudly and honorably in the United States Air Force from 1961-1965, where he was a computer operator on B-52 Bombers.
During his service in the USAF and while attending a church meeting he met a young beautiful young women by the name of Gloria “June” Chatham. June and George dated for a couple of years and as fate would have it they fell in love and were married on a Sunday on July 12, 1964, at Kessler Air Force Base Chapel in Biloxi, Mississippi. They had to move once as a result of George being transferred to Great Falls, Montana but, after his honorable discharge from the service in 1965, they moved to Nutley, NJ. Eventually George and June moved to Wayne and would call that their home for the rest of their lives and would raise their son George M. Morris, III. George worked at a few different companies, like Western Electric, before earning a position as a Computer Analyst at Schering Plough in Kenilworth, NJ. He worked there for the next twenty eight years until his retirement several years ago. When George retired, he and June joined the Wayne Adult Community Center where they took computer classes and volunteered to mail out the center’s newsletter. They also took occasional trips to Mississippi to visit June’s brothers and they loved taking special vacations for several years in beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine at the Linekin Bay Resort. George and June cherished 52 years of loving and loyal marriage, but were also heartbroken in 2012 when their only son George Markley Morris, III passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.
George also belonged to several different local computer clubs in his area. George enjoyed collecting old radios and had an extensive collection of model trains. His family remembers his as being very smart, kind and considerate and frugal to a fault, always looking for a great deal to save his family some extra money. George was a devoted father and husband. He dedicated all of his time to caring for his wife June when she became ill and was at her side until her passing in September 2016. George was an extraordinary person who made long lasting friendships with many people and will be missed by all who knew him.
George is survived by his two brother-in-laws Dennis Chatham of Rose Hill, MS, and Gene Chatham and his wife Susan of Vicksburg, MS, and numerous nieces and nephews. George was predeceased by his wife, Gloria June Morris in 2016, and by his son George Markley Morris, III in 2012.
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