Joseph Morgan , 85 of Aurora Drive, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2008. He was the husband of the late Mary Morgan. They were happily married for 40 years.
Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Thomas and Anne (Sullivan) Morgan. He had lived in Pawtucket nearly all of his life, before moving to Cumberland last year.
Mr. Morgan was a Probation Officer for the State of Rhode Island for 35 years, retiring in 1983. He was an Army Veteran of World War II, stationed in Paris, France.
He was the president of the Rhode Island Historical and Genealogical Society for many years.
He was also a communicant and a Eucharistic minister at Saint Joseph Church in Pawtucket.
He is survived by two daughters, Sheila Field and her husband Calvin Field, of Seekonk MA, and Anne Avelar and her husband Jose Avelar, of Cumberland; four grandchildren, Jonathan and Thomas Field and Daniel and Molly Avelar.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday at 10am in Saint Joseph Church, Walcott Street, Pawtucket. Burial will be in Mount Saint Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours are respectfully omitted. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his honor to the American Heart Association, 275 Westminster St. Providence, RI 02903. Arrangements by the O'NEILL FUNERAL HOME, Cumberland.