Kenneth F. Morman

Kenneth F. Morman, 83, of Bedford and formerly of Nashua, NH passed away Sunday morning, May 17, 2020 at his home at Bedford Falls, after a period of declining health.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, he was born on February 16, 1937, son of the late Frank John and Marie Catherine (Mauch) Morman. Ken grew up on the South side of Chicago and was a graduate of Carmel High School Class of 1954. He went on to attend General Motors Institute in Flint, Michigan and earned degrees from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

After relocating from Ann Arbor, MI to Weymouth, MA, Ken put his skills as an electrical engineer to work at Raytheon. In 1970, Ken and his family moved to Nashua, NH and worked at Nashua Corporation for ten years, then for Wang Labs and finished his career at Flir Systems in North Billerica, MA.

Ken met his future wife, Katherine A. “Kate” Gallagher on a blind date through a friend who loaned him test equipment to complete a project. They were married in Holyoke, MA on June 6, 1964 and shared 55 years together until her passing on October 29, 2019.

Ken and Kate travelled to Lecanto, FL annually and cruises were favorite means of travel on both East and West Coasts. Ken was fortunate to have “kissed” the Original Blarney Stone while in Ireland and loved boating in New Hampshire on Lake Sunapee and Newfound Lake. In his leisure time, he loved to tinker around his home and yard using his engineering talents to create modern-day fixes for everything.

He held lifetime memberships with Tau Beta Pi as well as the National Rifle Association. Ken had a great love of classical music and operas and supported the Nashua Symphony Orchestra and PBS. Ken fell in love with his first cat, Tigger, and then Dylan, a white coon cat who came from Santa Monica to claim Nashua as his home.

Members of his family include his son and daughter-in-law, Neal and Hali Morell of Santa Monica, CA; his sisters, Jean Morman Unsworth of Chicago, IL widow of Richard “Tim” Unsworth and Dolores M. Rapoport of Carlsbad, CA, widow of Edwin Rapoport; also many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Ken will be laid to rest with his wife Kate in the Mausoleum of Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashua.

Arrangements are in the care of the FARWELL FUNERAL SERVICE, 18 Lock Street, Nashua. (603) 882-0591. www.farwellfuneralservice.com.