Agnes Hendry Morrison
Agnes Hendry Morrison, a columnist for the Burbank Leader during the 1980s, died at an assisted-care facility in Stockton on March 20 after a lengthy illness. She was 91.She was born in 1918 in Toronto, Ohio. In 1933, she moved with her family to Burbank, where she attended John Muir Junior High School and graduated from Burbank High School. She attended Glendale Community College and UCLA.During World War II she was employed by Lockheed as a mathematician. She was also a librarian for the Burbank city libraries.As a columnist for the Leader she wrote about community events, local personalities and nature. She also illustrated them with her own pictures.
Morrison and her husband, Fred, retired to Galt, Calif., to be closer to their daughter and three grandchildren. Fred preceded her in death in 1995.Throughout Morrison’s life, her hobbies were photography, traveling and genealogy, and her research allowed her family to be reunited with relatives living in the United Kingdom.She is survived by her sister Helen Martin of Burbank; her daughter Linda Balfour (Morris); three grandchildren, Charlene (Jack), Gregory and Stephen (Karina); and numerous nieces and cousins.
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