ONEONTA – Bea Morley, 92, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016 peacefully with her loving family at her side.

She was born April 14, 1924 in Altona, NY the daughter of Frank and Georgina Favreau, after which they moved to Wells Bridge.

She married Ralph J. Morley in Sidney on October 25, 1941.

They lived their first few years in Sidney before making their home in Oneonta. Bea enjoyed her gardening, raising the most beautiful orchids and golfing, especially during the 26 years wintering at their home at the Whispering Oaks Golf and Country Club in Florida. She was a member at the Oneonta Country Club, and the Oneonta Garden Club for many enjoyable years. She enjoyed her 8 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, as well as the many years she and her husband traveled throughout the United States in their motor home.

She is survived by her children, Terry (BettyAnn) Morley, Brad Morley, Randy (Ellen) Morley, all of Oneonta; her daughter, Darlene "Rikki" (Jesse) Saunders of Cochranville, PA; grandchildren, Chris (Barbara) Morley of Bangor, ME, Terry R. (Audrey) Morley of Galloway, Ireland; Kevin (Heather) Morley of Centreville, VA, Julie (Mike) Himes of Otego, Jennifer (Mark) Freels of Ashland, MA, and their mother, Elizabeth Rowley Morley; and Heather Saia of Hamilton, NJ, Ryan (Jennifer) Morley of Oneonta, Carmen (Mark) Lemon of Salt Lake City, UT; 14 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband of 71 years, Ralph Morley on January 10, 2013; her sister, Olive in 1935; her brother, Floyd in 1989; her first son, Gary Robert who died on Mothers Day of 1943 and her granddaughter, Shana Morley in 1984.

Calling hours will be 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.

The funeral mass will be 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta, with the Rev. David W. Mickiewicz, as celebrant.

Interment will follow at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Sidney.

Donations may be made to, Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820

Online expressions of sympathy may be sent to, www.lhpfuneralhome.com

Arrangements are by Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, Oneonta.