William Stuart Morgan

Born 10-Dec-1927 in Jersey City, New Jersey and passed away peacefully 16-May-2018 at 10:00am in Salt Lake City, Utah. He grew up in Teaneck New Jersey, graduating from Morristown High School in 1945. He served a year at VMI and then 18 months in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper. He attended Princeton University and graduated Magna Cum Laude in Economics in 1952. He married Edith M. Fuehrer on 5-Dec-1953. During his banking career, he worked for General Electric, Morgan Guaranty Bank, and as an Executive Vice President at Worcester County National Bank. He was instrumental in convincing local Princeton Massachusetts residents to build the Thomas Prince Elementary School (completed in 1968) and also served as the chairman of its building committee. He also served for many years as chairman of the school committee for Wachusett Regional High School in the early 1970s.

He retired and moved to Sarasota, Florida at age 55 to take care of his mother Catherine after his father passed away. He loved playing tennis, skiing, hiking and singing. He served for some time as President of the Island House Beach Resort homeowners association in Sarasota, Florida. He had a wonderful tenor voice and loved to sing songs like “Danny Boy”. He often sang in nursing homes in Florida and also served as an EMT in Florida. He was very involved in the lives of the children of his third wife Ruth Ann Magin and spent many years taking care of her when she became bedridden.

In May of 2002 he had a heart attack on the tennis court and had to have by-pass surgery on his heart. They harvested veins from his right leg to connect the six bypasses. He recently sprained his right ankle, which quickly led to an infection that did not heal because of the lack of good circulation in his right leg. This was ultimately the cause of his death.

He was preceded in death by parents Catherine A. O’Leary and William S. Morgan. He is survived by his brother Donald J. Morgan (Nanette) and his children Scot S. Morgan (Susan), Linda Leigh Morgan-Yatzor (Barry), and Victoria Eileen Taft (Rodney). Surviving grandchildren are: Jared Morgan (Jessica), Amber Milne (Kenny), Aaron Morgan (Patty), Jeremiah Morgan (Amber), Anna Yatzor, Morgan Yatzor (Gladys), Joseph Taft, Ann Morgan, and Joseph Morgan. Great-grandchildren: Peter Morgan, Oliver Morgan, and Bowen Morgan. He is also survived by his three ex-wives (Edith M. Morgan, Sharon Vail, and Ruth Ann Magin).