Moreton John Ensor ’39

Moreton John Ensor ’39 of Orleans, Massachusetts, died March 24. At Dartmouth Mort joined Chi Phi and went on to Tuck School. In World War II he served as senior supply officer on the staff of a group command of the Pacific fleet amphibious forces. He participated in six invasions against the Japanese and retired as a lieutenant, senior class. After the war Mort worked for more than 30 years for Currier Lumber Corp. of Everett, Massachusetts, a wholesale lumber company, retiring in 1979 as vice president and director. An active sailor since his youth, he sailed for many years the Tahiti ketch he had custom-built in British Honduras (now Belize). He was a lifelong student of naval and maritime history and had an extensive library of rare books on these subjects. Mort was a long-time member of a number of nautical societies in both the United States and London. He made frequent trips to England and France to visit relatives. Shortly after retirement, he moved to Brewster, Massachusetts, where he was the treasurer of the Brewster Taxpayers Association. An avid reader, Mort was also an artist, a furniture maker and woodcarver. He and his wife moved to the Orleans retirement home in 2009. Mort is survived by his wife of more than 70 years, Myrtle; two brothers; daughters Meredith, Janet and Susan; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.