404 Sherman St., Watertown, NY 13601 / 315-788-6180
188 W. Broadway St., Cape Vincent, NY 13618 / 315-654-2681
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Donald C. Morehouse, Sr.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to St. Patrick’s Church or The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, ATTN: Tribute Gifts, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780 
A funeral Mass will be said 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at St. Patrick’s Church with Rev. Donald Robinson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Calling hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Cleveland Funeral Home.
December 13, 2010
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Donald C. Morehouse Sr., 91, of 822 Lawrence St., died Sunday, Dec. 12, at Samaritan Keep Home where he was admitted last June.
Born Jan. 8, 1919, in Dexter, the son of Charles R. and Eunice Nottell Morehouse, he graduated in 1938 from Dexter High School, and enlisted in the Army in 1941.
He served a year with the 101st Calvary regiment, four years with the signal corps and three years in East Africa, Asmara and Eritrea. From 1948 until his discharge in 1953, Mr. Morehouse was in charge of the radio-television studies at the Chaplain School, Fort Slocum, New Rochelle, NY. In 1954 he was employed by WHEN –TV in Syracuse, as a transmitter engineer until the fall when he came to WCNY in Watertown. Mr. Morehouse was promoted to chief engineer of WCNY-TV and WWNY radio on Jan. 3, 1960. He was employed by the broadcast company for over 35 years until his retirement in January 1987.
He was an avid ham radio operator, acquiring his first radio at the young age 10 years. It was also common knowledge in his circle of friends that “if Don couldn’t ‘fix it’ you might as well throw it away.” Another past time over the years was trying to win the lottery.
He married Helen Fargo, daughter of Louis and Anna Fargo of Adams Center, on Feb. 7, 1942, at St. Patrick’s Church, Watertown.
Surviving are his wife of 68 years; a son and his wife, Donald C. Jr. and Christel Morehouse, Lowville; four daughters and their husbands, Helen and Bob Hillis, Sodus, Anita and Jim Wheeler, Pulaski, Anne and Scott Greene, Heneritta, and Mary and Ray Weston, Watertown; 15 grandchildren and three step-grand children, nine great grandchildren and nine step-great grandchildren.
A half-sister, Paulanita Beam, died before him in 2008.
He was a communicant of St. Patrick’s Church.
A funeral Mass will be said 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at St. Patrick’s Church with Rev. Donald Robinson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Calling hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Cleveland Funeral Home.