Wilma Rasmussen Morrison

Wilma R. Morrison

October 21, 1918--February 12, 2012

Wilma Rasmussen Morrison, a Sedona resident for 44 years, died at her Sedona home on February 12.

She was born and raised in Port Angeles, Washington and lived and worked in Alaska for 30 years before
moving to Sedona with her husband in 1967.

She is predeceased by her husband, Jim. There are no living immediate relatives.

At Wilma's request, formal services will not be held. Donations in her honor may be sent to Northern Arizona Audubon Society, PO Box 1496, Sedona, AZ 86339; The Humane Society of Sedona, 2115 Shelby Drive, Sedona, 86336; or Sedona Community Center, PO Box 2894, Sedona, AZ 86339.WILMA R. MORRISON
Our good friend Wilma succumbed to a vicious and fast-moving cancer

on February 12, 2011, hardly two-weeks after after her initial diagnosis. She
was 92 years old and her passing is deeply mourned by the many whose lives
she touched during her 44-year residency in Sedona.She was born to Lars and Lillian Rasmussen in Port Angeles, Washington State on

October 21, 1918. After schooling in the US Northwest, she continued north

to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, from which she graduated in 1940.

She remained in Alaska working as an administrator for government entities

including the US Army Quartermaster Corps and the U.S. Geological Survey.
In 1947 she married James A. Morrison, a civil engineer for the

Alaska Railroad Company. On his retirement in 1967, they moved to Sedona and

built their home, one of the first group of residences in the Sedona West

subdivision, that Wilma has occupied ever since. Her husband Jim died in

1989.
Wilma lived independently in subsequent years. She could say only

yes when friends or organizations needed her help and her days were filled

with her many interests (classical music, potting, and weaving were some) and work for

local organizations in particular the Northern Arizona Audubon Society and

the Sedona West Property Owners Association, both of which she served as

boardmember and officer. For many years she was a supervisor of local

voting as a member of the Election Board.
Her greatest love, and greatest commitment in her Sedona years, was

to the rehabilitation of injured songbirds, for which she was licensed by

the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Over the years hundreds of Sedona/Verde

Valley residents brought her thousands of injured birds for nursing and

return to the wild if possible. Her home was always a warm and happy place

full of birdsong and violins.
At Wilma's request, no formal services will be held. Donations in her memory should

be sent to Northern Arizona Audubon Society, PO Box 1496, Sedona, AZ 86339;
The Humane Society of Sedona, 2115 Shelby Drive, Sedona, 86336; or Sedona
Community Center, PO Box 2894, Sedona, AZ 86339.

We will miss you Wilma

Northern Arizona Audubon Society