lit a candle 11d agoMy mother called me at 6am my time to tell me Jean had passed, 97 years old, and the first thing she said was "she outlived two husbands and most of Loveland." That's exactly the kind of thing Jean would've laughed at too. Sending love to Jerri and Larry.
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Jean Ann Sanderson Stager was a 97 year old woman from the Cincinnati, Ohio area whose family announced her death at the end of October 2026. She was not a public figure in the conventional sense. There is no Wikipedia entry for her and no record of a public career,…
Jean Ann Sanderson Stager was a 97 year old woman from the Cincinnati, Ohio area whose family announced her death at the end of October 2026. She was not a public figure in the conventional sense. There is no Wikipedia entry for her and no record of a public career, elected office, or media presence. She appears in the public record through a funeral home obituary that describes a long life centered on family in southwestern Ohio.
Jean Ann was born on December 20, 1928, in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of Charles Arthur Morrison and Ruth Mabel (Stephan) Morrison. Published details about her working life, education, or any professional accomplishments have not been made public. What is documented is a long family history: two marriages spanning a combined 64 years, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a life lived largely in the Cincinnati area, including the suburb of Loveland, Ohio, where her obituary was filed.
She married Frank W. Sanderson and the couple shared 46 years of marriage before his death. She later married Raymond Stager, with whom she spent 18 years. Both husbands predeceased her, as did her daughter Joan Sanderson and her sisters Betty McGee and Susan Davies. She was survived, according to her obituary, by her children Jerri Ann Wright and Larry Sanderson, several grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Because there is no biography beyond the funeral notice, this page cannot describe a public career, cause for renown, or body of work, because none has been reported. Readers arriving from a search engine most likely knew her personally or encountered her name through a shared obituary, rather than through news coverage of a public life.
Jean Ann Sanderson Stager died on October 29, 2026, in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, at the age of 97. Her funeral home obituary, published through Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home, was the first and so far only public announcement of her death. No cause of death has been made public. A visitation and funeral service were scheduled for early November 2026 in Cincinnati.
Biography adapted from News reports and the sources cited on this page; death reported by Legacy | Obituary.
She would have laughed, you're right about that.