Josephine "Jo" Mary Morse, 89, of Leonardtown, MD and formerly of Manchester, CT died April 25, 2008 in St. Mary's Nursing Center.

Born December 11, 1918 in Manchester, CT she was the daughter of the late Mary and John Odermann.

She was the loving wife of the late Robert B. Morse, Sr., whom she married on August 17, 1945 in St. James Church, Manchester, CT and who preceded her in death on April 15, 1989.

She is survived by her daughter Patricia Carney and her husband Daniel of Leonardtown, MD and her son Robert B. Morse of Manchester, CT as well as four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and her sister Gertrude Morse of Weber, MA.

She was preceded in death by her siblings Albert Odermann, Estelle Perry and Marie Carr.

She attended high school in Manchester, CT, graduating in the "Class of 1936". Josephine was employed as an aircraft technician for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft for 20 years, retiring in 1977. She loved gardening, cooking and traveling.

Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home.