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Harris E. "Gene" Lucas Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., with a Masonic ceremony at 8 p.m. at the M.J. Murphy Funeral Home, 616 Ridge Rd. at New Rd., Monmouth Junction, NJ. Burial will be private. Born in Ravia, Okla., Gene served as an electrician's mate first class in the U.S. Navy and was stationed aboard the USS Tennessee BB 43 at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. A Kismet shriner and lifelong freemason, Gene was honored in February 2008 as a grand chaplain in the State of New Jersey. He celebrated his 50th anniversary as a master Mason in 2004, having served as master of the Livingston-West Orange Lodge 205 (1964 and 2000), and was an affiliate member of Princeton Lodge 38. Gene retired from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as high tension systems coordinator at JFK International. Airport in 1987 after 34 years, and was honored by the bi-state agency with its Distinguished Service Medal in 1971. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Eileen F. Lucas; his son, James Morrison and wife Eileen; daughters, Eileen Morrison, Patricia Pratt and husband Clifford, and Noreen O'Donnell and husband James; grandchildren, Ryan Morrison and wife Tiffany, Melissa Morrison, George Battcher, Jessica Battcher, and Christopher O'Donnell, and great grandchildren Yves, Alyssa and Kyra Morrison. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kendall Park First Aid & Rescue Squad, PO Box 5064, Kendall Park, NJ Published in the Star-Ledger on 10/28/2008
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