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Anna M. Morrison, 48, Valparaiso, passed away peacefully on Oct. 23, 2026, at Regency Hospital of Porter County in Portage after a courageous six-year battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.
Born in Kendallville on March 26, 1978, Anna was the daughter of Richard and Paula Jones Morrison. She graduated from West Noble High School, playing basketball and softball, with the class of 1997. She then graduated from the International Business College - Fort Wayne majoring in accounting in 1998 and then from Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md., with an associate’s degree in environmental science in 2018.
Anna oversaw accounts payable for Chugach in Alaska. She later worked as a librarian for Anne Arundel College during and after graduation while volunteering with Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. In June of 2026, she moved to Valparaiso to be closer to her parents.
She was raised Methodist and recently baptized into the Christian faith. Anna was an animal lover and tried to take all the animals she ever found home, big/small/reptile or mammal. She had a great sense of humor and loved endlessly. Anna was a Disney fan and Winnie the Pooh was her favorite character. She loved the New Kids on the Block, and she would faithfully watch “A Christmas Story” for 24 hours straight every Christmas Eve. Anna supported the Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds, Notre Dame and helped her aunt cheer on IU.
Anna is dearly missed by her loving parents, Richard and Paula, of Valparaiso; her sister, Tracy (Perry) Woodbury, of Lakeland, Fla.; her nieces: Samantha (Robert) Ray, of Georgia; Samantha Woodbury, of Georgia; and Haley Woodbury, of Florida; paternal aunts, Janet Godshalk and Barbara (Robert) Mocadlo, both of Warsaw; uncle, Kim Smith, of Wolf Lake; and cousins, Robin (Matt) Almack, of Wolf Lake; and Angie (Harold) Hatfield, of Etna Green.
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Richard and Delores Morrison; and her maternal family members: grandparents, Margaret and Harold Jones; uncles: Jack, Raymond and Ray Warren; aunts, Esther Ann Jones and Chryl Smith.
There will be a visitation on Friday, Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST at the McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw. A funeral service will follow immediately at 1 p.m. in the funeral chapel with Pastor Brian Smith officiating.
Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery, Palestine.
Memorial contributions can be made to the GBM Foundation at https://www.gbmfoundation.com/donate
Online condolences can be made at www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com.
