Avis de décès de Frank-Alfred Morrison - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Frank Alfred Morrison, 86, of Palm Coast, Florida, died Jan. 13, 2011, at Grand Oaks Health & Rehab Center in Palm Coast, Florida, with family by his side. Born in Teaneck, NJ, September 28, 1924, son of the late Frank Ambrose and Althea (Koeller) Morrison, he graduated from Ridgefield Park High School, NJ, in 1941 and did a post graduate year at Tabor Academy in 1942. Frank was enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1966, attending Yale University on the Navy's V-12 advanced program, graduating in 1945. He proudly served on the U.S.S. War-rington from 1952 to 1953. He met Janet A. Murphy skiing at Black Mountain in Jackson, NH and they were married in 1954 in Bradford, MA. They lived in Shrewsbury, MA where he worked at Norton Company as an Industrial Engineer and later became a Consultant. They moved to Durham, NH in 1978 where he worked in commercial real estate. They retired to Palm Coast, Florida in 1993. He was a Past Commander of the Worcester County U.S. Power Squadron. Frank spent the greater part of his life just beyond the reach of the sea, but his model ships and sextants, his navigation texts and marine paraphernalia were a daily reminder to him of a place he loved. He spent childhood summers at the seashore and prepped at a school on Buzzard's Bay. As a young naval officer, he likely fancied a seafaring career, but what was certain, whatever course he took, he would follow with the resolve of a mariner. Frank's children recall his glee, when, as very small children, he would pack them in the tiny sailboat, launch them through the surf, and proceed to take them on an exhilarating and terrifying sail through the ocean waves. "Ready about! Hard a lee!" Family members include his wife Janet, of 56 years; three children, F. Scott Morrison of Middlebury, VT, Anne Morrison Getchell and husband, Paul of Center Conway, NH, and Martha C. Morrison of Dover, NH; six grandchildren, Thea, Brad, Jack and Daryl Morrison of Middlebury, VT and Christopher and Samuel Getchell of Center Conway, NH. He was predeceased by a son, Bradford D. Morrison in 1971. Private services will be held in Durham, NH at a later date. The family would like to thank the staff at Grand Oaks Health & Rehab Center in Palm Coast for their gentle support and care of Frank during his final days. Donations may be made to Tabor Academy at 66 Spring Street, Marion, MA 02738, or on line at taboracademy.org. Please note Attn. The Frank Morrison Fund in either case.