John E. Morrison

A native Californian, Jack was born in 1917. He died at home in February 2013. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Isolde, and survived by his daughters Jocelyn and Barbara and grandchildren Sarah and Rachel. Jack valued education and worked his way through Cal Berkeley playing trumpet in a dance band at Yosemite's Camp Curry and the Ahwahnee Hotel. Jack was on the Cal Varsity Tennis Team. He was employed by the State Dept. of Finance in 1939. In 1941 he was drafted and spent the next 5 years in the South Pacific. He returned to work for the State of California and retired after 38 years of service from the Comptroller's Office as Chief of the Audits Division. Jack played tennis at McKinley Park for over 70 years. He was nationally ranked several times over the years. Jack was a member of four national tennis teams that competed internationally. Jack and his wife were founding members of the Sacramento Valley Memorial Society which is now called the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Northern California. Jack will be buried in the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. While he requested no service be held, we realize that many will remember him fondly as we will always.