Dorothy "Jeanie" Morton

On Thursday, March 31st 2016, Jeanie Morton (née Dorothy Jean Tussey) passed away at the age of 66 after a year-and- one-half-long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Michael (Mike) W. Morton, Sr.; her two sons, Michael W. Morton, Jr. and Jeffery Morton; her mother, Mary Belle Tussey; her sisters, Mary Lee Schucart, Barbara Perry, Jo Ellen Sawaya, and Linda Garrett; and her six grandchildren, Raybecca Dawn, Kaitlyn Lee, Jillian Alice, Michael Wilson, III, David Paul, and Eli Morton. A memorial service will be held at Crist Mortuary in Boulder, CO on April 23rd at 1:00pm. Flowers may be sent to: Crist Mortuary, 3395 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO 80301.

Born in Manhattan, Kansas in 1949, Jeanie spent her youth in Haddonfield, NJ and Schenectady, NY. As a teenager, she moved with her family to Overland Park, KS and graduated high school in 1967 with the first senior class at Shawnee Mission South. Jeanie attended Kansas State University and married Mike in the fall of 1968. Together, they would move to California where Jeanie went on to earn her LPN nursing license at Sacramento City College. She would use her training and compassion to care for geriatric nursing home patients.

In 1984, Jeanie and Mike moved back to the Kansas City area, settling in Fairway, KS with their then 12 and 15 year old sons. Here, Jeanie worked with Upjohn, and then as an independent contractor, in home healthcare. She would later retire from her healthcare career and ultimately channel her passion as a grandmother into a career in children’s clothing. After several years working in children’s clothing shops in the Kansas City area, Mike and Jeanie moved to Estes Park, CO and opened their own children’s clothing store, Tussey Kids.

Jeanie was a wonderful wife, supportive and caring mother, and fiercely loving grandmother. She was a devoted daughter and a cherished sister. She is dearly loved by all who she leaves and is missed tremendously. We love you so much and know you have found the peace you deserve.

rist Mortuary, Boulder, CO.