SOUTH DARTMOUTH — Rosemary Johnson Morse, 86, our devoted wife, mother and grandmother, lifelong friend to children, animals, birds and flowers passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at her home in South Dartmouth, surrounded by her family.
She is survived by her husband of 62 yrs., Alfred G. Morse; her sister, Frances Meigs of Bedford, MA; her brother, William Bradford of Newport, R.I.; her five children, Ann Morse of Dartmouth, Beth Hikade and her husband, John of Blue Hill, ME., Peggy Morse Kenney and her husband, Don of Chatham, MA., Sarah Morse of Dartmouth, Tad Morse and his wife, Mary Beth of Mattapoisett, MA.; and 10 grandchildren, Mamie and Carrie Spillane, Timothy and Andrew Hikade, Benjamin, Emily and Laura Morse, Lisa Mack Lofberg, William Mack and predeceased by Clayton Mack.
A memorial service will be held at St. Aiden's Chapel, 185 Smith Neck Rd., South Dartmouth, MA., at 10 A.M., on June 22, 2010.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Thornton W. Burgess Society, 6 Discovery Hill Rd., E. Sandwich, MA. 02537 or The Humane Society Southcoast, 32 Ventura Dr., N. Dartmouth, MA. 02747