Richard Paul Morten ’39

Dick died Oct. 11, 1995, in a Florence, S.C., hospital following several years of severe setbacks to his general health and mobility, which finally confined him first to a walker and then to a wheelchair.

Born in Jersey City, Dick began his warehousing career there then moved to Florence in 1954 as president and general manager of Southern Bonded Warehouse Co. and president and general manager of Carolina Oxygen Supply Co. In retirement he enjoyed his mountain home in North Carolina and playing tennis until illness forced him to give it up. Highlights in his life, he said, were Reunions and seeing collegemates as they came traveling through the South.

Dick married Bernice Barre in 1943. Bernice, their son, Richard, and daughters, Marilyn and Linda, survive. With them we are saddened by the loss of our old friend, recalling his sense of fun in happier days and admiring his courage and optimism in his final trying years.

The Class of 1939