Ben Morlan, 89, of Rockville, Indiana passed away at 5:45 am Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at Harrison's Crossing in Terre Haute. He was employed by the Ford Motor Company from 1949-2008 serving 39 years with John Alden Sales in Rockville and 20 years with Clinton Ford.
He was born July 13, 1929, in Mecca, Indiana to the late Alvin E. Morlan and Ellis Kibbe Morlan. His wife of 61 years, Lorraine Fossi Morlan whom he married on September 19, 1953, in Clinton preceded him in death on December 20, 2014.
Survivors include one brother, Alvin Morlan of Rockville and five nieces. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marjorie Jackman on Oct. 5, 2011.
He was a 1947 graduate of Mecca High School and served with the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was a member of the Rockville Christian Church where he served as an Elder, Sunday school teacher of the Merry Service Class and chairman of the Missions Committee for decades. He ministered and visited with residents at local nursing homes for many years.
He was a member of Parke Masonic Lodge # 8, Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute, Zorah Shrine of Terre Haute, German Oberlander Club of Terre Haute, American German Club of Florida, Charter member of Rockville Elk's Lodge #2471, Parke County Historical Society, Toastmasters International serving as welcome chairman and past president of Parke County Chamber of Commerce where he annually organized the Red Lehr St. Louis Levee Band concert to raise funds for the Ritz Theatre. He participated in the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival as a tour bus guide and volunteering in the Ham Shack. He was a past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rockville Rotary Club. He was a member of the Rockville Cemetery Board and received the Rotary Club's David Troyer Service award for his work at the Rockville Cemetery, paving the back section and securing monuments for several unmarked graves. He was also a pheasant hunter and enjoyed running his Beagle dogs.
Services will be at 11:00 am Friday, January 18, at Gooch Funeral Home, 112 W. Howard Street, Rockville, with Pastor Jack E. Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Garden Cemetery, Rockville. Visitation is from 4-7 pm Thursday at Gooch Funeral Home.
Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to the Rockville Christian Church, 292 US Highway 36, Rockville, IN 47872 or Mecca A.R.A.B.S. PO Box 4, Mecca, IN 47860 in his memory.
Source: Gooch Funeral Home, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
*Birth Certificate & Marriage License: Born Bennie Lige Morlan on June 13, 1929, in Wabash Township, Parke County to Alvin E. and Elis (Kibbe) Morlan.
Bennie graduated from Mecca High School in 1947.
Annual Staff, Junior and Senior Play, Basketball, Baseball, Chorus, Track, Nickname: "Beans"
"Benjamin Lige Morlan
Envies tall handsome men
For he was the little squirt
That his mom named "Ben"."
Served in the Korean War.
Married Lorraine (she signed married license Lorraine Misus) Fossi.
He was born July 13, 1929, in Mecca, Indiana to the late Alvin E. Morlan and Ellis Kibbe Morlan. His wife of 61 years, Lorraine Fossi Morlan whom he married on September 19, 1953, in Clinton preceded him in death on December 20, 2014.
Survivors include one brother, Alvin Morlan of Rockville and five nieces. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marjorie Jackman on Oct. 5, 2011.
He was a 1947 graduate of Mecca High School and served with the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was a member of the Rockville Christian Church where he served as an Elder, Sunday school teacher of the Merry Service Class and chairman of the Missions Committee for decades. He ministered and visited with residents at local nursing homes for many years.
He was a member of Parke Masonic Lodge # 8, Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute, Zorah Shrine of Terre Haute, German Oberlander Club of Terre Haute, American German Club of Florida, Charter member of Rockville Elk's Lodge #2471, Parke County Historical Society, Toastmasters International serving as welcome chairman and past president of Parke County Chamber of Commerce where he annually organized the Red Lehr St. Louis Levee Band concert to raise funds for the Ritz Theatre. He participated in the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival as a tour bus guide and volunteering in the Ham Shack. He was a past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rockville Rotary Club. He was a member of the Rockville Cemetery Board and received the Rotary Club's David Troyer Service award for his work at the Rockville Cemetery, paving the back section and securing monuments for several unmarked graves. He was also a pheasant hunter and enjoyed running his Beagle dogs.
Services will be at 11:00 am Friday, January 18, at Gooch Funeral Home, 112 W. Howard Street, Rockville, with Pastor Jack E. Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Garden Cemetery, Rockville. Visitation is from 4-7 pm Thursday at Gooch Funeral Home.
Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to the Rockville Christian Church, 292 US Highway 36, Rockville, IN 47872 or Mecca A.R.A.B.S. PO Box 4, Mecca, IN 47860 in his memory.
Source: Gooch Funeral Home, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
*Birth Certificate & Marriage License: Born Bennie Lige Morlan on June 13, 1929, in Wabash Township, Parke County to Alvin E. and Elis (Kibbe) Morlan.
Bennie graduated from Mecca High School in 1947.
Annual Staff, Junior and Senior Play, Basketball, Baseball, Chorus, Track, Nickname: "Beans"
"Benjamin Lige Morlan
Envies tall handsome men
For he was the little squirt
That his mom named "Ben"."
Served in the Korean War.
Married Lorraine (she signed married license Lorraine Misus) Fossi.
Ben Morlan, 89, of Rockville, Indiana passed away at 5:45 am Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at Harrison's Crossing in Terre Haute. He was employed by the Ford Motor Company from 1949-2008 serving 39 years with John Alden Sales in Rockville and 20 years with Clinton Ford.
He was born July 13, 1929, in Mecca, Indiana to the late Alvin E. Morlan and Ellis Kibbe Morlan. His wife of 61 years, Lorraine Fossi Morlan whom he married on September 19, 1953, in Clinton preceded him in death on December 20, 2014.
Survivors include one brother, Alvin Morlan of Rockville and five nieces. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marjorie Jackman on Oct. 5, 2011.
He was a 1947 graduate of Mecca High School and served with the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was a member of the Rockville Christian Church where he served as an Elder, Sunday school teacher of the Merry Service Class and chairman of the Missions Committee for decades. He ministered and visited with residents at local nursing homes for many years.
He was a member of Parke Masonic Lodge # 8, Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute, Zorah Shrine of Terre Haute, German Oberlander Club of Terre Haute, American German Club of Florida, Charter member of Rockville Elk's Lodge #2471, Parke County Historical Society, Toastmasters International serving as welcome chairman and past president of Parke County Chamber of Commerce where he annually organized the Red Lehr St. Louis Levee Band concert to raise funds for the Ritz Theatre. He participated in the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival as a tour bus guide and volunteering in the Ham Shack. He was a past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rockville Rotary Club. He was a member of the Rockville Cemetery Board and received the Rotary Club's David Troyer Service award for his work at the Rockville Cemetery, paving the back section and securing monuments for several unmarked graves. He was also a pheasant hunter and enjoyed running his Beagle dogs.
Services will be at 11:00 am Friday, January 18, at Gooch Funeral Home, 112 W. Howard Street, Rockville, with Pastor Jack E. Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Garden Cemetery, Rockville. Visitation is from 4-7 pm Thursday at Gooch Funeral Home.
Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to the Rockville Christian Church, 292 US Highway 36, Rockville, IN 47872 or Mecca A.R.A.B.S. PO Box 4, Mecca, IN 47860 in his memory.
Source: Gooch Funeral Home, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
*Birth Certificate & Marriage License: Born Bennie Lige Morlan on June 13, 1929, in Wabash Township, Parke County to Alvin E. and Elis (Kibbe) Morlan.
Bennie graduated from Mecca High School in 1947.
Annual Staff, Junior and Senior Play, Basketball, Baseball, Chorus, Track, Nickname: "Beans"
"Benjamin Lige Morlan
Envies tall handsome men
For he was the little squirt
That his mom named "Ben"."
Served in the Korean War.
Married Lorraine (she signed married license Lorraine Misus) Fossi.
He was born July 13, 1929, in Mecca, Indiana to the late Alvin E. Morlan and Ellis Kibbe Morlan. His wife of 61 years, Lorraine Fossi Morlan whom he married on September 19, 1953, in Clinton preceded him in death on December 20, 2014.
Survivors include one brother, Alvin Morlan of Rockville and five nieces. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marjorie Jackman on Oct. 5, 2011.
He was a 1947 graduate of Mecca High School and served with the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was a member of the Rockville Christian Church where he served as an Elder, Sunday school teacher of the Merry Service Class and chairman of the Missions Committee for decades. He ministered and visited with residents at local nursing homes for many years.
He was a member of Parke Masonic Lodge # 8, Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute, Zorah Shrine of Terre Haute, German Oberlander Club of Terre Haute, American German Club of Florida, Charter member of Rockville Elk's Lodge #2471, Parke County Historical Society, Toastmasters International serving as welcome chairman and past president of Parke County Chamber of Commerce where he annually organized the Red Lehr St. Louis Levee Band concert to raise funds for the Ritz Theatre. He participated in the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival as a tour bus guide and volunteering in the Ham Shack. He was a past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rockville Rotary Club. He was a member of the Rockville Cemetery Board and received the Rotary Club's David Troyer Service award for his work at the Rockville Cemetery, paving the back section and securing monuments for several unmarked graves. He was also a pheasant hunter and enjoyed running his Beagle dogs.
Services will be at 11:00 am Friday, January 18, at Gooch Funeral Home, 112 W. Howard Street, Rockville, with Pastor Jack E. Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Garden Cemetery, Rockville. Visitation is from 4-7 pm Thursday at Gooch Funeral Home.
Memorials should friends so desire, may be made to the Rockville Christian Church, 292 US Highway 36, Rockville, IN 47872 or Mecca A.R.A.B.S. PO Box 4, Mecca, IN 47860 in his memory.
Source: Gooch Funeral Home, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
*Birth Certificate & Marriage License: Born Bennie Lige Morlan on June 13, 1929, in Wabash Township, Parke County to Alvin E. and Elis (Kibbe) Morlan.
Bennie graduated from Mecca High School in 1947.
Annual Staff, Junior and Senior Play, Basketball, Baseball, Chorus, Track, Nickname: "Beans"
"Benjamin Lige Morlan
Envies tall handsome men
For he was the little squirt
That his mom named "Ben"."
Served in the Korean War.
Married Lorraine (she signed married license Lorraine Misus) Fossi.
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