Julianne Mary Harrison of Southampton Dies November 8 - 27 East

Julianne Mary Harrison of Southampton Dies November 8

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Julianne Mary Harrison

Julianne Mary Harrison

authorStaff Writer on Nov 13, 2023

Julianne Mary Harrison of Southampton died on November 8, after an 11-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. She was 72.

She was born on November 9, 1951, to Arthur Ray Rhodes and Sara Rita Taylor at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Whitehall, Ohio. After she graduated from Southampton High School in 1969, she married John D. “Jake” Harrison on January 10, 1970.

After her marriage, she continued to work at Sip’n Soda as a waitress, where she started in 1967 and continued for 18 more years. After scoring very high on the Civil Service test, she went on to work as a secretary for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, where she stayed from 1985-1988. She then worked at Southampton High School, where she was a secretary in the guidance office for the remaining 25 years of her career before retiring.

She and her husband had a son, John Charles Harrison.

She loved her family and her love overflowed to everyone she met, her family said, noting that she always had a kind word and a smile for everyone she met. She enjoyed reading, travelling with her friends, going to the beach, and taking care of her family.

She was predeceased by her father, Arthur Ray Rhodes, and her mother, Sara Rita Rhodes; and her brother, Ray Rhodes. She is survived by her husband, John D. Harrison; her sister-in-law Mary Christensen; her brother-in-law, Roy Christensen; her son, John C. Harrison and her daughter-in-law Darlene Carol Harrison; and three grandchildren, Aydan John Harrison, Madison Anne Harrison, John James Harrison.

Visitation was held at the Brockett Funeral Home on November 12. Services were held at Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on November 13.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Kanas Center for Hospice Care at East End Hospice (eeh.org.), or the Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org) in memory of Julianne Harrison.

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