Our Retired Staff

Former Managing Director Jeff Morgan was born in Niagara-on-the-Lake and moved to Niagara Falls in 1971. After graduating from Stamford Collegiate in 1979, he attended Humber College, obtaining his funeral director's license in 1981. Since that time, he had been associated with Morgan Funeral Homes.

Jeff lived in Niagara Falls with wife Nancy and their children, Kyla, Michael, Brittney, Lisa and Nicole. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, he had served as Chairman of the Church Council, Deacon, Lector and a member of many committees. Jeff was heavily involved in community affairs as well. He had been a member of the Niagara Falls Lions Club since 1985 and was a past president. He has also served on the Greater Niagara General Hospital Foundation Board for most of the past twelve years, including two years as chairman. During this time, he had been instrumental in raising over $10 million for hospital equipment and renovations. As well, he had served on the hospital's Board of Governors, and was the elected Foundation representative on the Niagara Health Services Board at the time of his death.

In January 2007, at the opening ceremony of the newly built Emergency Department located at the Greater Niagara General Hospital site, the Niagara Health System honoured Jeff's longtime devotion by naming the new department as the Jeff Morgan Emergency Department.

A second-generation funeral director, retired owner and Managing Director Gordon Morgan was born in Drayton, Ontario and had been a resident of Niagara Falls since he and his late wife Betty purchased the Morse & Son Funeral Home in 1971. They had also operated the Morgan Funeral Home in Niagara-on-the-Lake since its opening in 1959.

He was a graduate of The Banting Institute of Embalming at the University of Toronto. Gordon was involved in a number of activities in his profession and in the community. He was a member and past-president of the Niagara District Funeral Service Association and a member of the Ontario Funeral Service Association. He was also a longtime member of Grace United Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake. An active member of the Rotary Club of Niagara Falls for 40 years, where he had served as liaison for the Easter Seals Children's Committee. In addition, he had served as a member of the former Niagara High School Board.

Marny Atkinson started with Morse & Son and Morgan Funeral Homes in December 1999 and retired in February 2017. She was Morgan's Bereavement Coordinator and is a Certified Funeral Celebrant. Her training includes psychiatric-nursing, Writing for Professionals at Niagara College, and Thanatology at King's College, University of Western Ontario.

Born in Fife, Scotland, Andy moved to Niagara Falls in 1967. After a career as a licensed mechanic and former owner/operator of Paterson Auto Repair, Andy joined Morse & Son and Morgan Funeral Homes in January 1990 where he has been a full time, and more recently part-time funeral assistant. Andy and his wife Carole have five children and nine grandchildren. His community involvement includes serving as an elder and choir member of Drummond Hill Presbyterian Church, coaching minor soccer for seven years and as a past master of the Clifton Lodge.

George was with Morgan Funeral Homes for more than twenty years. He served overseas during WWII with the Canadian Forces and then went on to work for General Motors for thirty years. His family includes wife Mary and children Betty, Allen and Douglas. George was a member of Grace United Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Outside activities included involvement with the St. Davids Lions Club and the Virgil Stampede.

Funeral assistant Eric Spink came to Niagara from England in 1966. Educated in the U.K., Eric worked for the City of Niagara Falls, and was a a supervisor for the Municipal Cemeteries for over 10 years prior to retiring and joining Morgan Funeral Homes in April 1998. Eric lived in Niagara Falls with his late wife, Sheila. They had four sons and three daughters.