John Carrington Morley Obituary 2022 – Brown-Forward Funeral Service

John Carrington Morley, age 91, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, handed away peacefully at dwelling on November 30, 2022 within the firm of loving members of his household. John was born in Saginaw, Michigan on August 22, 1931, graduated from Middlesex Faculty in 1950, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Historical past from Yale College in 1954, and a Grasp of Enterprise Administration from the College of Michigan Ross Faculty of Enterprise in 1958. He served in the US Navy from 1954 to 1956 as a Lieutenant Junior Grade on the USS Mount Baker. John is reunited together with his beloved spouse of 60 years, Sally Spence Morley, who handed away in 2014. John started relationship Sally, an acquaintance from Saginaw, whereas he was attending Yale College, and so they had been married in 1954, commencing their sixty-year journey by way of life collectively. They raised six sons, residing at varied occasions in Ann Arbor, MI; Oakland, CA; Cos Cob and Greenwich, CT; Lima, Peru; Miami and Coral Gables, FL; Athens, Greece; Houston, TX; and Cleveland, OH, the place they lived since 1981.

John was a vibrant, loving and caring husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and good friend. He selflessly devoted himself to his household, pals and communities. John was dedicated to staying well-connected to his massive, prolonged household and at all times made time for everybody, typically with a number of dialog, laughter, smiling and singing concerned. He was an incredible mentor and counselor, enriching the lives of all these he touched. Friendships meant the world to John, and he actively nurtured and deepened his numerous friendships from the various sides of his life. John cherished visiting with household and pals at Higgins Lake, MI, the place he frolicked practically each summer season of his life, and in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, the place he frolicked practically all the previous fifty winters. John was a deeply religious, life-long Christian, most lately as a long-standing member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights. All through his life, John loved quite a few out of doors actions together with crusing, tennis, snowboarding, {golfing} and looking.

John’s vitality, expertise and dedication prolonged to his skilled, volunteer and philanthropic endeavors as nicely. He turned the CEO of Reliance Electrical Firm in Cleveland in 1980, after Reliance was acquired by Exxon Company, and served in that capability till 1995 when Reliance was acquired. In 1986, John led an investor group within the leveraged acquisition of Reliance from Exxon and took Reliance public in 1992. For 23 years previous to becoming a member of Reliance, John held various govt positions with Exxon, together with President of Exxon Chemical USA and Senior Vice President of Exxon USA. He was a director of quite a few personal and public firms, together with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., AMP Inc., Ferro Corp., KeyCorp, and Lamson & Periods. John served on many non-profit boards together with College Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Medical Middle, the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve College, College of Michigan Ross Faculty of Enterprise Visiting Committee and Middlesex Faculty. John and Sally had been beneficiant and visionary philanthropists with a selected concentrate on training, healthcare and the humanities.

John is survived by his six sons and their households: John C. Morley, Jr. of St. Paul, MN and his 4 sons, Andrew, James and his spouse Derly, John Whitney and Peter; Spence G. Morley of St. Paul, MN and his three kids, Matthew and his spouse Heather and son Stuart, Catherine, and Stuart; David P. Morley of Austin, TX, his spouse, Anne, and their two daughters, Jennifer Burner and her husband Clay Burner and daughter Janie, and Kristin; Andrew W. Morley of Boulder, CO, his spouse, Rebecca, and their three sons, Thomas, Tyler and Cameron; James B. Morley of Austin, TX and his son, Austin; and Thomas M. Morley of Shaker Heights, OH, his spouse, Kelly, and their 5 kids, Jeffrey, Sadie, Henry, Josie Ross and Sophie Ross.

A memorial service will probably be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at a time to be introduced.

The household prefers that those that want could contribute in John’s identify to the Higgins Lake Basis, P.O. Field 753, Roscommon, MI 48653; the Sally S. Morley Designated Professorship of Mind Tumor Analysis at Case Western Reserve College, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7035; or St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106.