Eleanor Morse

Obituary Eleanor Rachel (Baker) Morse, 93, of Morehead City, NC passed away peacefully on September 24, 2017. A memorial service will be held at All Saints Anglican Church on McCabe Road in Newport on October 4, 2017, at 11:00 AM. Mrs. Morse was born in Fall River, MA on January 28, 1924. She was the last surviving child of ten siblings of Myron Hubert Baker and Ada May (Goff) Baker. Married for 44 years to Allison Arnold Morse until his death, she lived in Swansea, Massachusetts for the first 75 years of her life and then she moved to Morehead City. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah (Morse) Coulter, and husband, William, of Morehead City, and their children, Molly Elizabeth (Coulter) Gould, her husband, James Dale Gould, of Buhl, Idaho; and grandson William Brown Coulter, of Charleston, SC. She is also survived by son-in-law, Edward Dombroski, of Jericho, Vermont, and grandson, Daniel Dombroski, and wife, Nicole; and daughter-in-law, Martha (Carraseo) Morse, of Warren, New Jersey, and sons, Andrew Peter Morse and Kevin Baker Morse, who also mourn "Nana". Mrs. Morse worked for the Swansea, Massachusetts School System for 20 years as a school secretary. In her younger years, she enjoyed many activities and hobbies including furniture refinishing, antiquing, golf and quilting. She nurtured and maintained a magnificent flower garden. She was an avid NY Yankees fan. Nana thrived in recent years on activities and stories of her great grandchildren: Alison and Peter Dombroski of Boulder, Colorado and Mattison and Zane Gould of Buhl, Idaho. Nana had many nieces and nephews and always enjoyed hearing of their activities and appreciated their care and interest. After moving to Morehead City, Eleanor was involved with All Saints Anglican Church and with her friends at the church and at Edenbridge Senior Apartments, including three adopted feral cats who will sorely miss her. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Morse was predeceased by her husband, her daughter, Alison Morse Dombroski and son, Peter Baker Morse, and her beloved grand-daughter, Amy Alison Dombroski. In lieu of flowers, donations to honor Eleanor may be sent to the Leukemia Fund (husbands cause of death) P. O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, Ma 01202, or the Amy D. Foundation (set up to honor her granddaughter, Amy): Amy D. Foundation, P. O. Box 280313, Lakewood, CO 80228 or on line at: amydfoundation.org Eleanor's predeceased siblings from Swansea are: Daphne Baker Sears (1912 - 1981) Nancy Shirley Baker (1913 -1993) Arthur Lewis Baker (1915 - 1957) Glenys Marie Baker Dodd (1919 - 2004) Myron Francis Baker (1920 - 1921) Harold Earl Baker (1922 - 2010) Ralph Horton Baker (1925 - 1944) Ruth Francis Baker Leonard (1927 - 2015) Kenneth Emerson Baker (1928 - 1986) Memorial Service 11:00 AM ,Wednesday, October 4, 2017 All Saints Anglican Church 292 McCabe Road Newport, NC 28570 Services You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of Eleanor Morse