Barbara I. Morrison

1927 - 2018

Barbara I. Morrison

Our mother Barbara died on Jan 21, 2018 in Cathedral City, CA following a long goodbye due to dementia. Barbara was born September 10, 1927 in Long Beach, CA to Leone Heaton and John Henry Inman. Following the death of her father in 1941, Leone, Barbara and brother Gordon moved to Palm Springs. Barbara began at Palm Springs High School in 1941 and graduated from PSHS in 1945. She began working at the age of 16 selling movie tickets at the Plaza Theater. She also belonged to the Junior Chamber of Commerce and learned the mimeograph skills that she would later use. Barbara married Robert Carroll Morrison Jr. on July 17, 1946. After her children had all started school, Barbara began to work for the Palm Springs Unified School District, first as a bus driver, and later she became the Duplications Technician, who for 25 years printed all the various forms, workbooks and reading assignments needed by the schools. Barbara and Bob were active at the Betty Ford Center during the 1980's, took up tennis and traveled to Alaska, Canada and to other getaways from the desert heat. Barbara is survived by her three children Deborah Morrison Hand, John McCabe, and Robert Carroll Morrison III (Charlene), granddaughter Kimberly Jenkins of La Quinta, and great-grandchildren Mathew Wauge, Ally Jenkins, and Kylie Jenkins. Also suvived by sister-in-law Estella Inman of Pasadena, and nieces Karen, Janice and Dina. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, brother Gordon and mother Leone. Many thanks to Edmund and Elizabeth Razon of Aloha Home Care in Cathedral City for the years of excellent care that our mother received. Burial will be at Desert Memorial Park on Friday, January 21 at 10:30 am.