Carmen Morski, 89, Inquirer exec. assistant

Carmen Garcia Morski, 89, who retired in 1989 as an Inquirer newsroom executive assistant, died of cancer Sunday, June 21, at Spring Arbor of Outer Banks, an assisted living community in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., where she had lived for the last three years.

Gene Foreman, retired deputy editor of The Inquirer, recalled in an e-mail that Mrs. Morski "was an executive assistant who supported the work of several senior editors."

In that role, Foreman said, "Carmen was a capable professional and a congenial colleague. She had an excellent knowledge of the newsroom and she was a problem-solver who made everyone's job easier."

"I'm saddened to hear of Carmen's death," he said.

Daughter Kathleen Cornet said of Mrs. Morski's work at the newspaper, "She loved it, absolutely loved it. Very stimulating and challenging."

Mrs. Morski also had a local, but extensive, musical career.

She was musical director, organist, and soprano soloist for St. Teresa's Church in Runnemede from 1960 to 1990, her daughter said.

She was a soprano, from the 1970s into the 1990s, for the choir of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and the Choral Arts Society. She sang in a choir at the Philadelphia Eucharistic Congress of 1976.

Her performing for the Greater South Jersey Chorus extended into the 2000s, her daughter said.

Born in Trenton, Mrs. Morski grew up near 21st and Mount Vernon Streets in the Fairmount section and graduated from William Penn High School.

Before joining The Inquirer in January 1970, she was a secretary for, among other employers, Strawbridge & Clothier.

Mrs. Morski lived in Runnemede during her years at The Inquirer and later in Voorhees before moving to North Carolina.

Besides her daughter, Mrs. Morski is survived by son Eugene; daughter Carmen Hart; two sisters; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Her husband of 52 years, Frank, died in 1998.

A graveside service was set for 2 p.m. Friday, June 26, at the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown.

Donations may be sent to the Hospice Division of Dare County, N.C., government at www.darenc.com/health/hospice.asp.

Condolences may be offered to the family at www.bradleyfhmarlton.com.

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