David Sanford Morse

David Sanford Morse, 82, of Englewood, FL, passed away on April 2, 2026. He was born in Summit, NJ, on March 28 to Nathaniel Church Morse, Sr. and Anne Truax Morse.

Dave and his family moved to Maryland and then Delaware in his younger years. He graduated from Brown Vocational High School in 1963 and began a 4 year apprenticeship as an electrician at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington.

He entered into Granite Lodge #34, AF&AM in 1968, and Scottish Rite Valley of Wilmington; later on he became a member of Nur Temple Shriners at a ceremony on a private outlook on the rim of the Grand Canyon when he lived in Arizona.

In 1970 Dave and his family moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL where he became a member of IBEW #728. As work slowed down in FL, Dave went on the road to work and eventually bought an RV and the family began traveling to find work. Their plan was to head to Washington State, but they stopped in Arizona where Dave worked on several nuclear powerhouses. They settled there for almost ten years, then headed back to Delaware. He and Helen both went back to work for DuPont, until their retirement. They moved back to Florida, this time on the west coast and settled in Englewood.

Dave had many hobbies: drag racing in his younger years, bowling, trap/skeet shooting, fishing, hunting, golf and line dancing. He took Taekwondo lessons together with Cindy and Scott in Delaware where they all earned their first degree black belts.

Dave is survived by Helen, his wife of 59 year years, daughter Cynthia Morse Martone (Angela, Dominic),daughter-in-law Melissa (Ronnie), twin brother Nathaniel Church Morse, Jr., Patti (Stacy, Wendy). He is predeceased by his son, David Scott Morse and two sisters, Mary Anne Morse and Susan Pezzuto.

A Memorial Service will be celebrated at 2:00pm on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at the Doherty Funeral Home, 3200 Limestone Road Wilmington, DE 19808, where family and friends may visit beginning at 1:30pm.

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