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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Morton Berry Potter
Morton Berry
Potter
September 15, 2012
Morton Berry Potter's Obituary
Obituary of Morton Berry Potter
Morton Potter, a longtime resident of Menlo Park, and more recently of the Sequoias retirement community in Portola Valley, died on September 15, 2012, at age 96. Potter retired after a 40 year career with General Electric Company. In his final assignment he was responsible for financial and administrative services for various G.E. sales operations in the western United States. He and wife Dorothy moved to Menlo Park from Springfield, PA, in 1965. Potter served as Director and Treasurer of Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club and as Elder and Clerk of Session at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. In Pennsylvania he was President of Spingfield School Board for a number of years. Prior to San Francisco, Potter worked in Philadekphia and in Schenectady, NY, where he was a member of GE's highly regarded internal audit staff. Potter was born in the mountains of Kentucky where his father managed a coal mine near Hazard. The family maintained a home in Lexington where he attended Henry Clay High School and where his interest in music led him to sing in the school choral groups and to perform lead roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. This interest continued at the University of Kentucky where he played bass in the University band and sang and played with a campus dance band, The Kentucky Colonels, which performed regularly on radio station WHAS, Louisville. At the University's College of Commerce, Potter majored in Accounting, was a member of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity, and was elected to Omicron Delta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma, national honorary fraternities. He graduated in 1937 and married Dorothy Wunderlich, a fellow student. They were married for 67 years at the time of her death in 2005. Potter is survived by a daughter, Linda, sons Gary and Jeffrey, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. There will be no services at this time. A memorial service will take place at a future date.
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Morton Potter, a longtime resident of Menlo Park, and more recently of the Sequoias retirement community in Portola Valley, died on September 15, 2012, at age 96. Potter retired after a 40 year career with General Electric Company. In his final assignment he was responsible for financial and administrative services for various G.E. sales operations in the western United States. He and wife Dorothy moved to Menlo Park from Springfield, PA, in 1965. Potter served as Director and Treasurer of Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club and as Elder and Clerk of Session at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. In Pennsylvania he was President of Spingfield School Board for a number of years. Prior to San Francisco, Potter worked in Philadekphia and in Schenectady, NY, where he was a member of GE's highly regarded internal audit staff. Potter was born in the mountains of Kentucky where his father managed a coal mine near Hazard. The family maintained a home in Lexington where he attended Henry Clay High School and where his interest in music led him to sing in the school choral groups and to perform lead roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. This interest continued at the University of Kentucky where he played bass in the University band and sang and played with a campus dance band, The Kentucky Colonels, which performed regularly on radio station WHAS, Louisville. At the University's College of Commerce, Potter majored in Accounting, was a member of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity, and was elected to Omicron Delta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma, national honorary fraternities. He graduated in 1937 and married Dorothy Wunderlich, a fellow student. They were married for 67 years at the time of her death in 2005. Potter is survived by a daughter, Linda, sons Gary and Jeffrey, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. There will be no services at this time. A memorial service will take place at a future date.
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