A Nelson resident, Dorothy Ruth Harris, died Friday in her home in Nelson after a lengthy illness. She was 75 years, 2 months and 14 days of age.
Nov. 21, 1934, she was married to Frank Rife Harris in Clay Center. This union was blessed with three children, Margaret, James and Glenn.
The funeral was Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., from the Nelson Community United Church of Christ with the Rev. Royce Buchtel officiating. Eastern
Star rites were given by Order of Eastern Chapter, No. 27, Nelson. Burial was in the Nelson Cemetery.
One of 10 children, she was born to George Ernest and Leah Rachel Alberding Short, Nelson, May 19, 1916. She was raised in Nelson and attended Nelson Public School and graduated from Nelson High School.
She lived her entire life in the Nelson community. They farmed for many years, later moving into Nelson.
She was a member of the Nelson Presbyterian Church since a teenager, later the Nelson Community United Church of Christ, Home Improvement Club, Ladies' Aid of the United Brethern Church and Nelson Chapter 27, Order of
Eastern Star, of which she was past worthy matron.
Preceding her in death were her parents, three brothers, Lyle, Wayne Everett and Virgil Short, and two sisters, Marie Jacobs and Fern Jacobs.
She is survived by her husband, Frank; three children, Mrs. Michael Caldwell
(Margaret) of Lincoln, James E. Harris of Hastings and Glenn A. Harris of Spring Valley, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; two sisters, Eva Hansen of Nebraska City and Leah White of Urana, Mo. and many other
relatives.
The Klawitter-Price Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Nov. 21, 1934, she was married to Frank Rife Harris in Clay Center. This union was blessed with three children, Margaret, James and Glenn.
The funeral was Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., from the Nelson Community United Church of Christ with the Rev. Royce Buchtel officiating. Eastern
Star rites were given by Order of Eastern Chapter, No. 27, Nelson. Burial was in the Nelson Cemetery.
One of 10 children, she was born to George Ernest and Leah Rachel Alberding Short, Nelson, May 19, 1916. She was raised in Nelson and attended Nelson Public School and graduated from Nelson High School.
She lived her entire life in the Nelson community. They farmed for many years, later moving into Nelson.
She was a member of the Nelson Presbyterian Church since a teenager, later the Nelson Community United Church of Christ, Home Improvement Club, Ladies' Aid of the United Brethern Church and Nelson Chapter 27, Order of
Eastern Star, of which she was past worthy matron.
Preceding her in death were her parents, three brothers, Lyle, Wayne Everett and Virgil Short, and two sisters, Marie Jacobs and Fern Jacobs.
She is survived by her husband, Frank; three children, Mrs. Michael Caldwell
(Margaret) of Lincoln, James E. Harris of Hastings and Glenn A. Harris of Spring Valley, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; two sisters, Eva Hansen of Nebraska City and Leah White of Urana, Mo. and many other
relatives.
The Klawitter-Price Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
A Nelson resident, Dorothy Ruth Harris, died Friday in her home in Nelson after a lengthy illness. She was 75 years, 2 months and 14 days of age.
Nov. 21, 1934, she was married to Frank Rife Harris in Clay Center. This union was blessed with three children, Margaret, James and Glenn.
The funeral was Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., from the Nelson Community United Church of Christ with the Rev. Royce Buchtel officiating. Eastern
Star rites were given by Order of Eastern Chapter, No. 27, Nelson. Burial was in the Nelson Cemetery.
One of 10 children, she was born to George Ernest and Leah Rachel Alberding Short, Nelson, May 19, 1916. She was raised in Nelson and attended Nelson Public School and graduated from Nelson High School.
She lived her entire life in the Nelson community. They farmed for many years, later moving into Nelson.
She was a member of the Nelson Presbyterian Church since a teenager, later the Nelson Community United Church of Christ, Home Improvement Club, Ladies' Aid of the United Brethern Church and Nelson Chapter 27, Order of
Eastern Star, of which she was past worthy matron.
Preceding her in death were her parents, three brothers, Lyle, Wayne Everett and Virgil Short, and two sisters, Marie Jacobs and Fern Jacobs.
She is survived by her husband, Frank; three children, Mrs. Michael Caldwell
(Margaret) of Lincoln, James E. Harris of Hastings and Glenn A. Harris of Spring Valley, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; two sisters, Eva Hansen of Nebraska City and Leah White of Urana, Mo. and many other
relatives.
The Klawitter-Price Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Nov. 21, 1934, she was married to Frank Rife Harris in Clay Center. This union was blessed with three children, Margaret, James and Glenn.
The funeral was Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., from the Nelson Community United Church of Christ with the Rev. Royce Buchtel officiating. Eastern
Star rites were given by Order of Eastern Chapter, No. 27, Nelson. Burial was in the Nelson Cemetery.
One of 10 children, she was born to George Ernest and Leah Rachel Alberding Short, Nelson, May 19, 1916. She was raised in Nelson and attended Nelson Public School and graduated from Nelson High School.
She lived her entire life in the Nelson community. They farmed for many years, later moving into Nelson.
She was a member of the Nelson Presbyterian Church since a teenager, later the Nelson Community United Church of Christ, Home Improvement Club, Ladies' Aid of the United Brethern Church and Nelson Chapter 27, Order of
Eastern Star, of which she was past worthy matron.
Preceding her in death were her parents, three brothers, Lyle, Wayne Everett and Virgil Short, and two sisters, Marie Jacobs and Fern Jacobs.
She is survived by her husband, Frank; three children, Mrs. Michael Caldwell
(Margaret) of Lincoln, James E. Harris of Hastings and Glenn A. Harris of Spring Valley, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; two sisters, Eva Hansen of Nebraska City and Leah White of Urana, Mo. and many other
relatives.
The Klawitter-Price Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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