Rose N. Morgan

Rose N. Morgan, 85, of Stroudsburg, died Wednesday morning, Aug. 17, at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. She was the wife of the late L. James Morgan Jr., with whom she had shared 55 years of marriage at the time of his death in 1999.

Born on Oct. 30, 1919, in Corey, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Charles Jacob and Kathleen (Bowes) Naegle. She had lived in Monroe County most of her life.

Rose was an elementary school teacher in the East Stroudsburg and Stroudsburg school districts. She last taught at Clearview Elementary School until retiring in 1982 after 34 years of service.

She was a member of East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for many years; a charter member of Stroudsburg Women's Club; board member of the Salvation Army; member of the Pennsylvania Retired Teachers Association; and was active in social groups in Fort Myers, Fla., where she spent winters.

Surviving are two daughters, Donna Dorsey and her husband, Neil, of Columbia, Md., and Susan Kortright and her husband, John, of Stroudsburg; four granddaughters, Kimberly Dorsey of High Point, N.C., Jennifer McDevitt and her husband, James, of Raleigh, N.C., and Amanda Kortright and Abigail Gasper and her husband, Paul, all of Stroudsburg; one great-granddaughter, Madelyn Morgan Gasper; one sister-in-law, Nancy McHale of Demarest, N.J.; and many nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Laurelwood Cemetery, Bryant Street, Stroudsburg.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to VNA Hospice of Monroe County, 502 Independence Road, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301; American Red Cross, Monroe County Chapter, 322 Park Ave., Stroudsburg, PA 18360; or East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church, 87 S. Courtland St., East Stroudsburg, PA 18301.