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Thomas A. “Tom” Morningstar

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Thomas A. “Tom” Morningstar Veteran

Birth
Barnesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Death
18 Aug 2002 (aged 86)
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.3998439, Longitude: -77.4182663
Plot
Area FF Lot 211D Grave 9
Memorial ID
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Obitaury
Frederick News-Post, August 20, 2002

Mr. Thomas Allen Morningstar, 86, of 1001 Carroll Parkway, Brooklawn Apartments, Frederick, died Sunday, Aug. 18, at Frederick Memorial Hospital.

He was the husband of Mary Ellen Frye Morningstar, his wife of 56 years.

Born Feb. 18, 1916, in Barnesville, he was a son of the late Algeria T. and Fannie M. Morningstar.

He entered the U.S. Army on May 6, 1941, serving during World War II in the South Pacific with the 503rd Parachute Infantry. He was discharged Nov. 7, 1945.

In 1946, he started working for the government as an electrician at Government Services Administration and retired in 1976.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life member of the Owls Club, both in Frederick.

Surviving in addition to his wife are one sister, Dorothy D. Shephard of Galion, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Arthur Morningstar; and three sisters, Gladys Kinna, Harriet Hanson and Beulah Biedsoe.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the funeral home.

Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Obitaury
Frederick News-Post, August 20, 2002

Mr. Thomas Allen Morningstar, 86, of 1001 Carroll Parkway, Brooklawn Apartments, Frederick, died Sunday, Aug. 18, at Frederick Memorial Hospital.

He was the husband of Mary Ellen Frye Morningstar, his wife of 56 years.

Born Feb. 18, 1916, in Barnesville, he was a son of the late Algeria T. and Fannie M. Morningstar.

He entered the U.S. Army on May 6, 1941, serving during World War II in the South Pacific with the 503rd Parachute Infantry. He was discharged Nov. 7, 1945.

In 1946, he started working for the government as an electrician at Government Services Administration and retired in 1976.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life member of the Owls Club, both in Frederick.

Surviving in addition to his wife are one sister, Dorothy D. Shephard of Galion, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Arthur Morningstar; and three sisters, Gladys Kinna, Harriet Hanson and Beulah Biedsoe.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the funeral home.

Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Inscription

PFC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
BELOVED HUSBAND TOM



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  • Maintained by: J. C. Clark
  • Originally Created by: Kim K
  • Added: Dec 7, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32032058/thomas_a-morningstar: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas A. “Tom” Morningstar (18 Feb 1916–18 Aug 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32032058, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by J. C. Clark (contributor 47094715).