This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hi1.2ACEB/331 Message Board Post: Morrissey, Leona M. MORRISSEY, Leona M. - Of Flint, age 97, died Friday, June 17, 2005 at Rosehaven. A memorial service will be held at 12Noon Saturday August 6, 2005 at Grand Blanc United Methodist Church, 515 Bush Avenue, Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439, Reverend Roger L. Colby officiating. Private entombment at Flint Memorial Park. Those desiring may make contributions to Grand Blanc United Methodist Church. Visitation 1-8PM Friday June 24, 2005 at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road. Leona was born in Cheboygan, Michigan on August 5, 1907, the daughter of Arthur and Maude Gray. She married Dr. Vaughn Morrissey in 1931. Leona graduated from Durand High School in 1925 and was a registered nurse from Hurley School of Nursing in 1928. She was a lifetime member of the Medical Alliance Society of Doctor's Wives, Flint Institute of Music, St. Cecilia Society and the Junior St. Cecilia Society when she was in her teens. Mrs. Morrissey studied music, piano and voice at Baker Conservatory. She w! orked in the Hurley Records Office from 1928 to 1936 and also helped in her husband's practice throughout the years. Surviving are son, Dale and wife Pat Morrissey and their children, Stephen and wife Michelle Morrissey, Alan and wife Amber Morrissey; children of her daughter, the late Jan Morrissey Schuen, Dr. John and wife Lynda Schuen, Reverend James and wife Sherry Schuen, Katherine Schuen and husband Patrick Deighan and Kristen Pamela Schuen; 9 great-grandchildren and sister, Marvel Crane. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Vaughn Morrissey, in 1979 and daughter, Jan Morrissey Schuen, in 1977. Published in the Flint Journal from 6/18/2005 - 8/5/2005.