George Morley | Obituary | Record Eagle - Traverse City Record-Eagle

Dr. George Malcolm Morley, MD FACOG, beloved husband, begetter and grandfather, passed distant peacefully astatine the property of 89 connected Oct. 13, 2022. Lonette (Lonnie) Marie (Steffy) Morley, his beloved woman of 58 years, passed distant successful Jan. of 2022.
He is survived by his 4 children, Kirsten Ryan (Michael) of Avon, CT, Dr. Robert Morley, of Marquette, Alison Young (Todd), of Northport and Gretchen Morley Ross of Fife Lake; and his 3 grandchildren, James Ryan, Jack Ryan and Evie Ross. He is besides survived by his brothers, Dr. John Wilson Morley, 94, of Richmond, VA and Dr. Thomas Selwyn Morley, 85, of the Isle of Mann, UK; and cousin, Anita Dunne, of Ortonville.
Malcolm was calved successful Durham County, England, successful 1933, to John Joseph Morley and Minnie (Hodgeson) Morley. He led an adventurous puerility during the wartime successful Northern England, wherever helium began a life-long hobby of beekeeping. Attending aesculapian schoolhouse astatine the University of Edinburgh, Malcolm graduated apical of his people successful 1952. His classmate, Jerry Slavin, said, "Malcom was the feline each 1 of america tried to beat, but we could ne'er lucifer his mind." Though helium was asked to beryllium a portion of Her Majesty's Royal Medical Team, Malcolm decided to travel to America, arsenic a assemblage mate had taken a presumption astatine Oakwood Hospital successful Dearborn, and suggested Malcolm apply.
Malcolm performed his residency astatine Oakwood and aboriginal joined Dr. Thomas Carbonell's practice. After Tom's status successful the mid 1970's, Malcolm joined forces with Dr. Jure Grahovac and the 2 built 1 of the largest OBGYN practices successful Wayne County. He served arsenic Chief of Staff astatine Oakwood for galore years, successful the precocious 80's, the AMA mandated the signifier of instantly clamping fetal umbilical cords post-delivery-a directive that would everlastingly alteration Malcolm's life. He railed against this practice, arguing contiguous cord clamping (ICC) was injurious to newborns. Over the adjacent 20+ years helium became a recognized authorization connected the substance world-wide with his research, findings and arguments against ICC published successful a multitude of articles, aesculapian journals and magazines. In 2008, Malcolm was honored by the Michigan State Medical Society for 50 years of work to the aesculapian community.
Malcolm had galore interests and talents extracurricular medicine. A person of literature, helium authored and published The Giant of Red Mill Run (a fictional communicative astir Henry Ford's life) and was a person successful the Great Books Program (teaching captious reasoning to children). An avid apiculturist since childhood, Malcolm remained passionate astir bee keeping to the precise extremity and talked often of his person Julius Kolarik, who helped Malcolm with his hives, adjacent erstwhile helium was nary longer capable to thin to them himself. Malcolm besides loved to dance, and it was this that precipitated his instauration to the emotion of his life, Lonnie.
A twelvemonth aft their archetypal brushwood astatine a "sock-hop", Malcolm and Lonnie were joined astatine the Martha Mary Chapel successful Greenfield Village (1963). They bought their archetypal location successful the Ford Foundation successful the precocious 1960's. When their 4th kid came along, they decided to determination the household to Birmingham, wherever they lived for 23 years. In 1997, Malcolm and Lonnie relocated to a workplace successful Northport and it reminded him of his location successful England. He and Lonnie embraced the community, joining the Northport Supper Club, attending the Northport Covenant Church, participating successful the Pancake Fly-ins astatine the Northport Airport and performing successful the Northport Community Arts Center's accumulation of the "Sound of Music." Malcolm was besides known to thrust his favourite dog, Jessie, each greeting down to the java store to articulation the men successful speech regarding the town's "goings on".
In 2014, Malcom had a cardiac apprehension event. Northport EMS responded, giving him 5 shocks to restart his heart. He was transported to Munson Hospital, wherever Lonnie pleaded with doctors to "do everything possible. I was expected to spell first!" The squad astatine Munson engaged successful a caller process that placed Malcolm successful a coma for a week to prevention him from encephalon damage. The process worked and done vigorous carnal therapy and a steadfast resoluteness to get location and instrumentality attraction of Lonnie, Malcolm made a afloat recovery. Over the past years of their lives, Malcolm did assistance Lonnie. She utilized to archer friends helium came backmost amended than helium was before. He and Lonnie were truthful grateful to person been fixed specified a priceless acquisition by these men and women that, each twelvemonth connected May 22, they spent the time delivering gifts typical of their unwavering gratitude to each of the archetypal responders who had been truthful instrumental successful redeeming Malcolm's life.
In the end, Malcolm fto Lonnie 'go first' and done the people of the past fewer months, she has waited patiently for him truthful that they mightiness creation unneurotic again successful Heaven.
A clip to stitchery begins astatine 2 p.m. astatine the Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home connected Oct. 29, 2022. Malcolm volition beryllium escorted successful procession to his last resting spot Leelanau Township Cemetery departing from the ceremonial location opening astatine 3 p.m.

Published connected October 23, 2022