Monona-Van Buren County IA Archives Obituaries.....Harness, William September 4, 1957
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William “Bill
Harness Expires		(From the collection of Vivian Norby Andersen)

	William (Bill) Harness, 70, druggist in Soldier the past 35 years, 
died at the veteran’s hospital in Omaha Wednesday afternoon last week.  He had 
been taken there the Monday before after complications set in from a recent 
illness.
	Funeral services were held at Soldier Lutheran Church Friday with 
Pastor John C. Kilde giving the sermon.  Burial was in Birmingham, Iowa, his 
old home town, with the Oldham Funeral Home in charge.
	Pallbearers were Harry Longlee, Clifford Lee, Page Carlson, Maurice 
Graetz, Hilman Olson and Andy Ballantyne.
	Bill, as he was known so well in the Soldier community, had never 
married.  He lived in rooms back of his store for many years.  For the past 
several years he did no prescription work.
	William Cameron Harness, son of Larance and Elizabeth Harness, was 
born Nov. 22, 1886 on a farm west of Birmingham, Iowa.  He passed away at the 
veteran’s hospital in Omaha Sept. 4, 1957 at the age of 70 years.
	He received his education in Birmingham publc(sic) school and Des 
Moines Pharmacy College.  Upon completion he came to Duer Drug Store at 
Charter Oak where he was employed until he enlisted in the Army in World War I 
and served as a member of the medical unit in France.  Upon returning from 
service he came to Soldier where he operated the drug store the past 35 years.
	He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Charter Oak and the American 
Legion at Soldier.
	He is survived by three brothers, and one sister:  Tom of St. Joseph, 
Mo., Elza of Placerville, Calif., Mack of Birmingham, Ia., and Mrs. Ada Belle 
Hoenshell of Birmingham; also a number of nieces and nephews.


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