John R. Morrow, Sr.
John R. Morrow, Sr., 63, of Connellsville, Pa., died Thursday, July 6, 2006, in his home. He was born July 8, 1942 in Wheeling, W. Va., a son of the late Byron D. and Erma L. Ryan Morrow.
John was a graduate of Connellsville High School, class of 1960 and he attended Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana.
He was the owner of Pleasant Trucking of Connellsville and was president of Morrow Leasing and Faywood Warehousing, a member of King Solomon’s Lodge 346 F&AM, the Scottish Rite Valley of Uniontown, the Consistory of Pittsburgh and he was a member of the Shrine.
John was an honorary member of the Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Department, a member of the Board of Directors of Wesley Church Health Center and the Health Welfare and Pension Board of Teamsters Local 491 of Uniontown.
He was also a member of the Pleasant Valley Country Club and the Heron Glen Golf Club of North Fort Myers, Fla. and a member of the Greenwood United Methodist Church of Connellsville.
In addition to his parents, a son, Tom Morrow and a grandson, Joshua Ryan Morrow, predeceased him.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy A. Fosbrink Morrow; two children: Marcie Christoff and husband, Joseph of Sharpsville and John R. Morrow, Jr. and his wife, Lisa of Connellsville; four grandchildren: Brittany Christoff and Spencer, Ryan and Shane Morrow and one brother, Richard Morrow and his wife, Judy of Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 111 East Green Street, Connellsville, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Monday, July 10, 2006, when services will be held at 11 a.m. in the funeral home with the Rev. Patty Comini Miller officiating.
Entombment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The BPO Elks 503 will conduct a Memorial Service at 7 p.m. today and the King Solomon’s Lodge 346 F&AM will conduct a Memorial Service at 7:30 p.m. also this evening, both in the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Wesley Church Health Center, 410 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Pa., in memory of John R. Morrow, Sr.
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