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John Carroll Morrissey

San Francisco, California

1914 - 2021

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John Carroll MorrisseySeptember 2, 1914 - April 24, 2021John Carroll Morrissey, son of the late Estelle (Caine) and Edward J. Morrissey, was born in New York City and raised in Larchmont and New Haven. Educated at Horace Mann and Taft, he earned his BA (Phi Beta Kappa) and LLB at Yale, and his...

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What a wonderful man! What an amazing life! He was fortunate, but used his gifts so well. I have saved his beautiful obit for inspiration. He was born one year after my mom, and if I had worked at PG&E just a little earlier . . . well, my life parallels his in many ways. I believe his fragrance lingers, and he's over there planning the party already. God bless his family!

I almost never buy a Chron these days, but for some reason, that day I did -- in time to marvel at this wonderful life and pray for him and his family. I was a "temp" worker on call for PG&E in the '80's, always in the Law Dept. I so miss the good energy of our City and am working on a book (We Had Love) about my 30 years there, 1972-2002. After a USAF stint, I washed up in the City and was baptized at Old Saint Mary's. I was an early word processor and beta tester. Now in Tahoe, waiting to...

Please except my deepest sympathies to you and your family at this time of grieving. May God be with you and your family in this time of sorrow.

I was secretary to John Morrissey from 1959 to 1970 while at PGandE. I am now 89 and had numerous bosses over time but none equal to John morrissey. He was a wonderful person. As each of his children entered school up went the school picture placed on his book shelf in the office. I really enjoyed that. I never knew of his impressive career. God bless the family.

Love you Dad.