Robert E. Morris

MORRIS, Robert E. Robert E. Morris, 73, of West Hartford, husband of the late Mildred McKinney Morris, died Friday January 28, 2005 after a brief illness. Born in Hartford, son of the late Thomas and Anna Moran Morris, he grew up in Hartford and lived in West Hartford the past 32 years. Bob was a graduate of Hartford Public High School, served with the U.S. Air Force, and was a member of the American Legion, Hayes-Velhage Post 96. He was a retired employee of Southern New England Telephone Company where he had worked for 38 years. He was a former coach with the West Hartford Alumni League and American Legion Baseball, volunteered at Oak Hill School for the Blind, served as a troop leader for the Boy Scouts, and was an avid NY Giant fan. While living in Hartford he was actively involved in the parish life of St. Justin Church. Mr. Morris was a recipient of the University of Hartford?s Volunteer Award. He loved his grandchildren and their sport activities. He is survived by his children and grandchildren; Robert E. Morris of West Hartford, Mary Ann Swol, her husband Philip of Kensington and their children Sarah, Michael and Ellen; Charles Morris of Sherman, Michael Morris, his wife Jane of Glastonbury, and their children Justin and Lindsay; and Brendan Morris, his wife Julie of Coventry, and their son Timothy. His brothers Thomas of West Hartford, and John P. Morris of Bloomfield, and his sister Maylillian Loppert of Bloomfield also survive him. He also leaves his special friend Rita Breen, his sister-in-law Mary Glynn, his brother-in-law Joseph Kennedy, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. from the Molloy Funeral Home 906 Farmington Ave. West Hartford with a mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter Claver Church, West Hartford. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Calling hours are Sunday from 4-8 p.m. in the funeral home. Donations in his memory may be made to the American Legion Post 96 Hayes-Velhage 18 Memorial Dr. West Hartford, CT 06107. Online remembrances and messages of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

Robert E. Morris

June 15, 1931 - January 28, 2005