Saturday, September 16, 2017

George Wesley Morrow

October 13, 1947 - September 16, 2017

GEORGE WESLEY MORROW, 69, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN UPLAND, CA, ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2017. HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 13, 1947, IN QUEENS, NY. GEORGE GRADUATED FROM SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, SPRING VALLEY, NY, AND RECEIVED HIS B.S.IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM BRYANT COLLEGE IN PROVIDENCE, RI. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH CAMPBELL SOUP CO. AS KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER, SALES SPECIALIST, SALES REPRESENTATIVE, AND CONTINUED HIS SUCCESSFUL SALES CAREER OVER THE YEARS WITH OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COMPANIES, CURRENTLY WITH LSI, INC., IN ONTARIO, CA. HE WAS AN AMAZING SALESMAN, AND ENJOYED WHAT HE DID. GEORGE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE YOLANDA; HIS SON GREGORY AND WIFE BEVERLY OF SEVERN, MD; HIS DAUGHTER WENDY FAULKNER AND HER HUSBAND TIM OF DYERSVILLE, IOWA; HIS DAUGHTER LINDSAY MINNIX AND HER HUSBAND KEN OF IDAHO; HIS SIX GRANDCHILDREN: COREY MORROW AND FIANCEE MEGAN SHORT; BRIANA (MORROW) AND HER HUSBAND KEITH LANHAM; JEREMY, TAYLOR, TARYN FAULKNER; AND KASSIDEE MINNIX. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER MARY ANN PETERSON, AND BROTHER JIM MORROW. MR. MORROW WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS INFANT SON ERIC; HIS PARENTS, WALTER AND ANNE MORROW; AND HIS OLDER BROTHER TOM MORROW. AS A YOUNG MAN, GEORGE WORKED FOR AND OBTAINED HIS EAGLE SCOUT BADGE. HE WAS AN AMAZING BOWLER AND WON MANY TROPHIES AS A TEENAGER. WHEN HE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA 30 YEARS AGO, HE JOINED THE UPLAND HILLS GOLF COURSE, AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MEN'S GROUP AT THE CLUB. HE WAS AN EXCELLENT GOLFER WHO WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE JOINED THE SENIOR MEN'S TOUR. GEORGE DEARLY LOVED HIS WIFE YOLANDA, HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, HIS SISTER, HIS BROTHER, THEIR FAMILIES, AND HIS FRIENDS. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.