Kenneth Lloyd Morse | Electrician, volunteer, 88
Kenneth Lloyd Morse, 88, of Berwyn, an electrician and community volunteer, died of complications from a neurological disease Tuesday at Wayne Center.
Kenneth Lloyd Morse, 88, of Berwyn, an electrician and community volunteer, died of complications from a neurological disease Tuesday at Wayne Center.
Mr. Morse was operating Ken's Electrical Service in Maine when he was recruited by Eastern Baptist College, now Eastern University, to work as head electrician. He remained at the school for 18 years.
After retiring in December 1987, he volunteered for 13 years at Manor Care in King of Prussia. He visited residents and assisted with the guinea pigs, rabbits, and dogs that were used in the pet-therapy program, his daughter Bettie Ann Brigham said.
Mr. Morse was born in Windsor, Maine. Unable to care for him, his brother, and their three sisters, his parents offered the children for adoption. His adoptive parents raised him on a farm in Bangor, Maine. With their help, he located his siblings with whom he had kept close ties, his daughter said.
During World War II, he served in the Army Air Force in Alabama, where he met his future wife, Alice Kreamer.
After his discharge, he served an apprenticeship and became a master electrician. He was very mechanically inclined and could fix anything, his daughter said.
Mr. Morse returned to Maine for summer vacations and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and hiking there and in Central Pennsylvania. He was active with Gideon International and the King of Prussia AARP.
In addition to his wife of 64 years and daughter, Mr. Morse is survived by a daughter, Jean McIntire; a son, Gordon; two sisters; a brother; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday at Upper Merion Baptist Church, 585 General Steuben Rd., King of Prussia. Mr. Morse donated his body to science.