Thomas "Tom" G. Morrell

Thomas ("Tom") Geoffrey Morrell, 64, of Easton, Maryland, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully at home on March 22, 2026. Tom was born on November 5, 1961, in Baltimore, Maryland, the third of six children to Eleanor and Mac Morrell. He is survived by his mother, Eleanor; his siblings Amy Michels (Easton), Mary Pieper (Glens Falls, NY), David Morrell (Easton), James Morrell (Easton), and John Morrell (Raleigh, NC); his beloved wife of 44 years, Lori; his children Matthew (Monrovia, MD), Eric (Wayne, NJ), and Catherine Harris (Charlottesville, VA); and his seven grandchildren, who adored him. Tom graduated from Saints Peter and Paul High School in 1979 and attended Mount Saint Mary’s University. He built a remarkable life defined by love for his family, along with curiosity, persistence, and a drive to solve real-world problems. That drive led him to a career in technology. In his early 20s, he wrote a computer program to create equitable utility billing in apartment communities, setting the foundation for a lifelong path in technical innovation. Over 35 years with Unisys (formerly Burroughs), and later as a Solution Architect at SAIC, Tom continually explored emerging technologies, from programming IBM mainframes with punch cards to building complex AI systems. In the early 2000s, Tom returned to school to complete his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from George Mason University, racing his daughter Catherine, who was pursuing her nursing degree. Catherine won that round, but the friendly competition continued as they each went on to complete their master’s degrees. But Tom was never just one thing. He was an early adopter in every sense—one of the first in his community to bring a computer and internet connection into his home, long before most families had either. He approached technology the same way he approached everything: not as a user, but as someone determined to understand how it worked at its core. That same hunger fueled wide-ranging passions across art, science, music, filmmaking, electronics, painting, drawing, and space exploration. His workbenches were portals into his imagination, always covered in projects in various states of becoming: model train landscapes with detailed buildings and quiet locomotives, half-carved duck decoys emerging from raw wood, electronics mid-assembly. He was a passionate sports fan who loved playing golf, coaching youth lacrosse, watching football with friends and family, and deep-sea fishing in the Outer Banks. He loved music and filled his home with the songs of folk and country artists. But his greatest joy was spending time with his wife, family, and friends. Tom was deeply spiritual, intensely curious, and unwaveringly committed to his family. In recent years, he channeled these gifts into a labor of love: digitizing and preserving family films and photographs, creating a lasting visual record of the bonds that mattered most to him. A Mass will be held at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Parish on Thursday, March 26 at 11:00 AM, with a luncheon to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Easton, MD

Thomas "Tom" G. Morrell

November 5, 1961 - March 22, 2026