M. Jeanne Morrison

CASA GRANDE, AZ. M. Jeanne (Rankin) Morrison, 90, died at Oasis Pavilion, Casa Grande, AZ, on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Mrs. Morrison was a switchboard operator for North Side and South Side Hospitals of the Youngstown Hospital Association for 25 years, retiring in 1981. Jeanne resided in Youngstown and Salem but moved with her husband Stanley to Arizona after their retirement. Jeanna was born in Oil City, PA on June 1, 1922, a daughter of the late Donald Eugene and Elizabeth (Probasco) Rankin; she came to Youngtown with her parents as a child. A graduate of South High School, she was employed by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company as a switchboard operator. Her "wartime" marriage to Lt. Stanley A. Morrison of Franklin, PA. took place at Trinity Methodist Church, The Chapel of Friendly Bells, on July 13, 1943. The couple made their first home at the Army base in Camp Rucker, AL. Lt. Morrison, a member of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles", was captured and taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944. During his deployment to England, Bastogne, and Germany, Jeanne returned to Youngstown to stay with her parents as well as to share that difficult time with Lt. Morrison's parents, Fred and Ethel Morrison in Franklin, PA. Her husband, Stanley died in May of 1981, she was also preceded in death by a son Dennis in 2002 and a brother Richard J. Rankin in 2003. Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Linda Morrison; grand-daughters: DeeAnn Morrison and Krysten Morrison and their children Donald Morrison, Cheyenne Morrison, Alize', Serina, and T'Anna Prescott, all of Casa Grande, AZ; brother Rolland (Joan) Morrison and sister-in-law Peg Morrison all of Tucson, AZ.; nieces and nephews: Dr. Connie (Skip) Robinson, Madalyne (Tom) Pauley, Sharen (Jerry) Cope, Lois (Will) Cole, and Karen Platt all of Youngstown; Jayme (Brent) Armbruster of Heyden, CO., and a nephew Doug (Lori) Morrison of Baldwinsville, NY. and by her highly treasured great nephews and nieces Dr. Rick Robinson, Alexa Robinson-O'Neill, Glade, Gregory, and Garth Pauley; Stephanie Pauley Winegar; Michael, Paul and Amanda Bishop, Jenny Beil, Stacie Skulley. Nephews Todd, Brian, Bruce, and John Morrison, and niece Martha Morrison also survive. Services will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Lake Park Cemetery Chapel. Memorials may be made in Jeanne's memory to: Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley, 6505 Market Street, Building C, Youngstown, Ohio 44512, Attention: Development Department.