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stouffville bran thursdayjan252007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24 pages1 including gst 8 business owners how do we get students ready for the job market opinion 6 calendar 15 sports 18 classified 20 community mourns popular teenagers death morgan fitzgerald jonathan jc cunningham 18 from left krista grezos 16 philip martiniello 16 and vanessa kerswill 16 are wearing tshirts they made to commemorate friend morgan fitzgerald who died in a car crash friday money raised will go the charity of the fitzgerald familys choice staff photosjoerd witteveen morgan had a heart as big as texas by joe fantauzzi and jim mason staff writer talented guts a leader all were words used to describe 16yearold morgan fitzgerald by family and friends during his funeral service tuesday night in stouffville the young man was always the leader and his friends didnt seem to mind his father bruce told a packed eastridge evangelical missionary church morgans coffin covered with flowers and his motocross hel met sat in front of hundreds of young people lives he had touched an avid dirt bike rider and alpine enthusiast morgan who moved to the meaford- collingwood area to live with his aunt last fall was one of five killed following a collision on hwy 26 friday the boys were just west of thornbury when their chevrolet equinox suv entered the west bound lane colliding with a van driven by a 60yearold man who is now recovering in hospital the youths were reportedly headed out for an afternoon of hitting the slopes after a hockey game was cancelled due to bad weather in its wake the crash left drew perry andrew mckean michael fleming all 16 and michael ohara 17 and morgan dead morgan had spent time grow ing up in unionville and near markham village before moving to stouffville with his family meeting friends he would keep throughout his short life from the day he was born he brought us happiness and joy mr fitzgerald said adding morgan loved being around peo ple of all ages including adult friends of family morgan min gled with adults just as easy as kids he will be remembered in his fathers heart as caring he never displayed vanity he wasnt selfish his dad said with mom leta and brother taylor looking on morgan had a heart as big as texas morgan was not only my son and taylors brother he was my friend morgans cousin krista jorgensen said time has stood still for everyone in the family since friday afternoon morgans aunt barbara see teenagers page 7 february 23 24252007 markham fairgrounds rarthau jewellers 6312 main st stouftvflse 9056404646