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Her son TJ, who lives in Ponca City right now, will begin his work with the airline in June, and Jane hopes he enjoys it as much as she did. TJ’s twin is Suzy Jesse who lives in Oklahoma City and works as a dietician. Suzy and her sister Sally recently had their wedding receptions at their mom’s house and the flowers and photographs were amazing. Another daughter Polly Krantz lives in Oklahoma City raising two daughters, Annabelle Jane and Caroline Grace. Caroline just shared a fun birthday celebration with her grandma Jane, where she turned 7 and Jane turned 70. Son Skip is homebound in Ponca City after an accident years ago, and Jane tells the story of prayers and faith that have led her and her family through the journey with him. Then, there is Sally Talley, an architect here in Ponca City who mentioned her mother when Sally was featured in the Breaking Barriers feature article of Ponca City Monthly in August 2020. Editor Kelsey Wagner has had her eye on an article about this “badass Jane” ever since. Sally mentions in the article that her mom’s encouragement was crucial to her pursuing her dream: “It really was because of her that I didn’t even really realize I was going into a maledominated industry. It just wasn’t even ‘a thing’.”

No doubt that makes Jane happy to know. She tells me, “It was my mother that said, ‘You can do anything you want to do.’ Naiveté is a blessing.” It’s hard for me to imagine Jane as anything close to naïve.

Jane flew her aircraft for United until it was retired. United has a mandatory retirement age of 65, and Jane’s 747-400 was retired just before she hit that, so they retired together on Oct. 28, 2017, with a last flight.

With a crew of four, Jane captained her last flight from San Francisco to Seoul, South Korea. When she took off in San Francisco, Air Traffic Control allowed her to do a “bay tour” of San Francisco, which is a beautiful sweep of the coastal area. After exiting in Seoul, Jane and her crew were then treated to First Class flights back to the States where her family greeted her in Oklahoma City.

Jane admits she’s been lucky at every step to achieve as she has in her career. She lived in Denver, then Oklahoma City, but moving back to Ponca City was when life really started to feel right. She says she loves what Ponca City has to offer if you want a career and family. She had her parents to help, but it’s also the environment here as opposed to other places she has lived — the people, the community.

The support is welcome when pursuing such a career. Aviation takes a variety of skills. A person needs to be adventuresome and must have coordination. There’s quick thinking and times you must be able to think through excessive details, such as the time when Jane had the camera crew on board with all the added weight.

Jane’s father helped give her the beginning skills and the desire to keep building them, and her mother imbedded that confidence within her that she could go far. However, Jane tells us that, while there was definitely luck involved, she now knows the level of blessings she’s had in her life.

Jane expresses the one thing she’d tell young people today is, “If you develop faith, it can carry you through all things — good things and tough things.” Jane Morris is an amazing example of a young woman before her time. Thanks, Jane, for helping us remember what a real badass is — without the need for a comic book or a movie screen. Thank you for reminding us that we need to watch for those doors, maybe not waiting for them to open, but so that we can barrel right on through to make our own way, create our own blessings. I do believe yours have become your family’s, and now they are ours. Thank you, Jane, for sharing the blessing of you … with us.

Each month Ponca City Monthly will be highlighting an area community member in our Good Citizen Spotlight. The goal of each spotlight is to honor a citizen who is making our community a better place every day through the goodness, kindness and strength of his/her character.