MORNINGSTAR, Jean Alice^{[1, 2]}

1926 - 2018  (92 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	MORNINGSTAR, Jean Alice  [1, 2]
  Birth	28 April 1926	Lima, Allen County, Ohio, United States of America   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 July 2018	Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America   [2]
  Burial	Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America   [2]
  Notes	Jean A. Morningstar Kerns, 92, of Bellefontaine, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Green Hills Community. Jean was born April 28, 1926, in Lima, OH to the late Ray and Martha Maurine (Williams) Morningstar. On April 7, 1946, she married Leon Kerns in Lima, OH. He preceded her in death June 15, 2013. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Jim Morningstar. She is survived by three children, Linda (Jim) Hilliker of Bellefontaine, Tom (Bertie) Kerns of Springfield, Tennessee, and Susan (Rodney) Allen of Bellefontaine; seven grandchildren, Tiffany (Shawn) Wilcoxon, Britt (Jim) Gravley, Hannah (Ben) Jernigan, Matt Kerns, Cody (Dana) Allen, Heath (Jackie) Allen, and Morgan (fiancé Craig Boling Jr.) Allen; five great grandchildren, Maggie (fiancé Luke Heath) Wilcoxon, Mac and Hayden Gravley, Braidynn, Aben, and Asher Jernigan. She worked at DAB Industries for 30 years and attended OSU and Ohio Northern in the evenings. She thoroughly enjoyed and was active in the Friendship Circle of Kings Daughters and her bridge club. She and her husband, Leon, attended Ohio State football games home and away from 1946 until no longer physically able to, and remained fervent fans. They also traveled extensively through the years with family and friends. She was a loving mother, wife, and grandmother. Jean loved music, art, and people. She was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church, first in Lima then in Bellefontaine.
  Person ID	I422260964920	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	KERNS, Leon Jay,   b. 3 October 1923, Ohio d. 14 June 2013, West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1946  [1]
  Children	1. KERNS, S.   2. KERNS, T. + 3. KERNS, L.S.
  Family ID	F10624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1640033516] Ancestry.com, Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011. [S1640033450] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).