 Mary B. Morse
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Home:
Jamestown, NY
Date of Death:
December 28, 2009
Birthdate:
July 22, 1917
Place of Birth:
Russell, PA
Service Information:
Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:00 AM Falconer Funeral Home, Falconer, NY
Visitation:
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 5 - 7 p.m. at Falconer Funeral Home, Inc., Falconer, NY; Wednesday, December 30, 2009 One Hour Prior to Service at Falconer Funeral Home, Inc., Falconer, NY
Interment:
Pine Hill Cemetery, Falconer, NY
Mary B. Morse, 92, formerly of Methodist Gardens, Falconer, died at 11:06 a.m. Monday (December 28, 2009) in the Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation Center.
She was the widow of Eugene F. Morse whom she married January 17, 1941 in Stephens City, Virginia, who died January 7, 1983.
Mary was born July 22, 1917 in Russell, and was the daughter of the late Jesse W. and Mamie Dunbar Bates.
She was a 1936 graduate of Mayville High School and had taken college courses at Cobleskill College, Fredonia State College and Erie Community College. In earlier years she had been employed by various restaurants in Mayville, Mayville Ben Franklin for 10 years and in later years was employed by Lutheran Social Services retiring in 1982.
She was a member of the Buffalo Street United Methodist Church, its Utopia Circle, was a former member of the Elmwood United Methodist Church, and had taught Sunday School at Mayville United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Girl Scout Council of Chautauqua County and had served on the Board of Elections in Mayville for 20 years.
Surviving are two daughters Sandra Kreutz of Falconer and Jaclyn Vasseur of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; three grandchildren Kenneth E. Kreutz of Westfield, Kamilyn M. Kreutz of Falconer, Andrea Wilson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two step grandchildren Charles Vasseur of California and John Vasseur of Texas; three great grandchildren Richard and Zarchary Martin both of Falconer, Jacob Wilson of Oklahoma; two sisters June Wilcox and Alice Paulus both of Mayville.
Besides her husband she was preceded in death by two infant children Patricia Ann Morse in 1945 and Dennis Morse in 1952, a brother Richard Hunt and a sister Ruth Rothwell.
The funeral will be held at 11a.m. Thursday in the Falconer Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron Bjork pastor of Stillwater United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery.
Friends will be received by the family from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and for one hour prior to the funeral service Thursday in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Of Chautauqua Co., 20 W. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, NY 14750, Falconer Fire Department, Falconer, NY 14733 or the Chautauqua County Children's Fund c/o Diane Paulus, 10 Tamarack Dr., Mayville, NY 14757.
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