Richard D. Morgan

A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated for Richard D. Morgan of the Easton Club, Easton, MD at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Easton, MD on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 11:00 AM. Mr. Morgan died at the Memorial Hospital, Easton on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 following a year long battle with Leukemia. He was 69. Born on May 10, 1934 in Cleveland, OH, he was the son of the late Laverne H. and Carolyn C. Poelking Morgan. He attended schools in Royal Oak, Michigan and graduated with honors from Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan and the Capital School of Law in Columbus, OH as Juris Doctor. He began a career with the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation in 1958 and retired from that organization in 1989 as its Executive Director in Washington, DC. Among his many awards were the Secretary’s Award for Superior Achievement, the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive and the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive. He was also the recipient of the Federal Highway Administrator’s Award in 1983. A longtime resident of Glen Oban in Arnold, MD, Richard was very active in association functions as well as a faithful congregant and fundraiser for St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Annapolis, MD. In 1989, he became Vice President of the National Asphalt Pavement Association where he remained until retirement in December 1998. A resident of the Eastern Shore community of Easton Club, Richard donated many volunteer hours to various organizations, three of which were the Hospice of Talbot County, Habitat for Humanity in Talbot County and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, where he was a Revered Docent. In Easton, he was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Morgan was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the Ohio Bar, various honorary fraternities, including Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Phi and Phi Kappa Phi, as well as many professional engineering organizations. Additionally, he was chosen to attend several of the federal government’s schools for executive service to include those at the University of Virginia and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Throughout his retirement years, Richard’s time was fully occupied with visits to his children and grandchildren, a multitude of wood working projects, bridge, fishing, traveling, church attendance, volunteer activities and golf, in which he shot his “hole-in-one” on the 15th hole of the Easton Club on September 30, 2001. Mr. Morgan is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Anna Louise Copland and children, Thomas Richard Morgan of Oakland, CA, Karen Ann Yocum and her husband, Joe of Churchton, Maryland and Anthony Patrick Morgan and his wife, Eleanor of Liberty, SC and three grandchildren, Danielle Yocum, Anthony Patrick Morgan, Jr. and Harrison Dodge Morgan. Friends and family may call at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 from 3 – 5 PM and 7 – 9 PM. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cordova, MD. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church New Church Building Fund, 215 Goldsborough St., Easton, MD 21601 or to the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, Maryland Chapter, 8600 LaSalle Road, Chester Building, Suite 314, Baltimore, MD 21286-2011.