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Edward F. Morris, M.D.
1923 - 2016 (93 years)-
Name Edward F. Morris - Edward F. Morris, M.D., 93, died peacefully at home on April 30, 2016. Ed was born on February 1, 1923, in New Carlisle, Ohio. Throughout his life he remained passionate about basketball, sailing, traveling, and his family. While at New Carlisle High School, he was a member of the 1940 boys’ Ohio state champion basketball team. Ed graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1945 where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and received his medical degree from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1949. He served as a Captain in the United States Air Force, stationed throughout the U.S. and England, eventually joining the the medical staff as a radiologist at Barberton Citizens Hospital in Barberton, Ohio. Ed retired as the Radiology Department Chair and Chief of the medical staff. He was a Fellow of the American College of Radiology.
Following retirement in 1988, Ed and his wife Eleanor enjoyed sailing in the Bahamas and living in Brewster, Massachusetts. They joined Inverness Village in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2006. Eleanor preceded him in death in 2014, after 67 years of marriage. Ed is survived by his sister Carolyn Connaroe from Longmont, Colorado and his children: John (Lucy) from St. Louis, Missouri; Eric (Kim) from Homer, Alaska; Kim (Hussein) from Akron, Ohio; Chris (Valerie) from Burlington, Vermont; and Edward (Carrie) from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests memorial donations to the donor’s charity of choice.
Suffix M.D. Born 1 Feb 1923 Amboy, IL 
Gender Male Died 30 Apr 2016 Tulsa, OK Person ID I354 Conarroe Last Modified 27 Aug 2018
Father Edward Tuttle Morris, b. 15 Sep 1889, Amboy, IL , d. 27 May 1944, Dayton, OH (Age 54 years) Relationship Birth Mother Catherine Fissel, b. 14 Feb 1890, New Carlisle, OH , d. 27 Nov 1970, Akron, OH (Age 80 years) Relationship Birth Married 5 Apr 1921 New Carlisle, OH Family ID F123 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eleanor Pongratz Married 28 Dec 1946 Children 1. John Morris [Birth] 2. Edward Eric Morris [Birth] 3. Kimberly Ann Morris [Birth] 4. Christopher Morris [Birth] 5. Ned Morris [Birth] Last Modified 31 May 2018 Family ID F124 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Edward F. Morris, M.D., 93, died peacefully at home on April 30, 2016. Ed was born on February 1, 1923, in New Carlisle, Ohio. Throughout his life he remained passionate about basketball, sailing, traveling, and his family. While at New Carlisle High School, he was a member of the 1940 boys’ Ohio state champion basketball team. Ed graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1945 where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and received his medical degree from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1949. He served as a Captain in the United States Air Force, stationed throughout the U.S. and England, eventually joining the the medical staff as a radiologist at Barberton Citizens Hospital in Barberton, Ohio. Ed retired as the Radiology Department Chair and Chief of the medical staff. He was a Fellow of the American College of Radiology.