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October 30, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 3, 2011 9:00 AM from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Theodore "Ted" F. Morro age 90 a fifty-five year resident of Wayne died peacefully at home on Sunday, October 30, 2011.
Ted graduated from Eastside High School, Paterson with the Class of 1939. After high school he began working for the Wright Aeronautical in Paterson where he would inspect motors and parts for the aircraft industry. In 1944 he enlisted in the US Navy and served and was discharged as an Ordinanceman 3rd Class in 1946. He received the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal and the Aircrew Insignia.
After his service in the Navy Ted worked for the Ribbon & Ticket Paper Company, Paterson as a salesman from 1946 through 1950. In 1950 he established an office supply company that offered office equipment, typewriter repair, and stationary. As the years progressed the company became known as Matas Finaly & Morro Office Supply in Paterson which he owned for forty-two years before retiring in 1992.
He was a founding parishioner and active volunteer at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne. He was also a dedicated member of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181 where he was Officer of the Year 2008-2009, Trustee, and in charge of the Leisure Timers.
Ted was a competitive bowler for over sixty years and although career and family didn't afford much time for it he also loved the game of golf, having caddied at North Jersey Country Club in Wayne as a young man.
He met the love of his life Frances "Fran" Waddell at the Anchor Club, a social club in Paterson comprising graduates of Eastside High School. Soon after meeting Ted enlisted in the US Navy and was shipped out to Florida. He sent Fran a love letter saying he would like to marry her. She accepted and they married on Tuesday, March 13, 1945 as Ted was on leave for a few days. They married at St. Josephs RC Church, Paterson and honeymooned in New York City. Soon Ted was deployed to the Pacific Theatre of the war but just as he got to the South Pacific the war ended. Upon his return home the young couple moved in with Fran's mother and soon got an apartment in Paterson. They bought a house in Totowa where they lived briefly before selling the house and moving temporarily(four years) to Elmwood Park; in 1956 they purchased a home in Wayne and raised their family.
Ted will be remembered as a loving man who had a welcoming way about him. He naturally made people feel comfortable around him and because of this he enjoyed many friendships.
He was the loving husband of Frances (nee Waddell) Morro; loving father of Dianne Redner and her husband William of Stamford, CT, Janice Erwin of Hoover, AL, and Robert Morro and his wife Odalisa of Wayne; and cherished grandfather of Alyson Courtney and Jillian Redner, Stephen, Lauren and Kaitlin White, and Micayla and Stephanie Morro.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181, 50 Hinchman Ave., Wayne, NJ 07470 or Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 3, 2011 9:00 AM from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
October 30, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 3, 2011 9:00 AM from the funeral home then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Theodore "Ted" F. Morro age 90 a fifty-five year resident of Wayne died peacefully at home on Sunday, October 30, 2011.
Ted graduated from Eastside High School, Paterson with the Class of 1939. After high school he began working for the Wright Aeronautical in Paterson where he would inspect motors and parts for the aircraft industry. In 1944 he enlisted in the US Navy and served and was discharged as an Ordinanceman 3rd Class in 1946. He received the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal and the Aircrew Insignia.
After his service in the Navy Ted worked for the Ribbon & Ticket Paper Company, Paterson as a salesman from 1946 through 1950. In 1950 he established an office supply company that offered office equipment, typewriter repair, and stationary. As the years progressed the company became known as Matas Finaly & Morro Office Supply in Paterson which he owned for forty-two years before retiring in 1992.
He was a founding parishioner and active volunteer at Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne. He was also a dedicated member of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181 where he was Officer of the Year 2008-2009, Trustee, and in charge of the Leisure Timers.
Ted was a competitive bowler for over sixty years and although career and family didn't afford much time for it he also loved the game of golf, having caddied at North Jersey Country Club in Wayne as a young man.
He met the love of his life Frances "Fran" Waddell at the Anchor Club, a social club in Paterson comprising graduates of Eastside High School. Soon after meeting Ted enlisted in the US Navy and was shipped out to Florida. He sent Fran a love letter saying he would like to marry her. She accepted and they married on Tuesday, March 13, 1945 as Ted was on leave for a few days. They married at St. Josephs RC Church, Paterson and honeymooned in New York City. Soon Ted was deployed to the Pacific Theatre of the war but just as he got to the South Pacific the war ended. Upon his return home the young couple moved in with Fran's mother and soon got an apartment in Paterson. They bought a house in Totowa where they lived briefly before selling the house and moving temporarily(four years) to Elmwood Park; in 1956 they purchased a home in Wayne and raised their family.
Ted will be remembered as a loving man who had a welcoming way about him. He naturally made people feel comfortable around him and because of this he enjoyed many friendships.
He was the loving husband of Frances (nee Waddell) Morro; loving father of Dianne Redner and her husband William of Stamford, CT, Janice Erwin of Hoover, AL, and Robert Morro and his wife Odalisa of Wayne; and cherished grandfather of Alyson Courtney and Jillian Redner, Stephen, Lauren and Kaitlin White, and Micayla and Stephanie Morro.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181, 50 Hinchman Ave., Wayne, NJ 07470 or Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, 630 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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