CLIFFORD HARRINGTON Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. 9 July 2005 ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ============================= July 08. 2005 1:56PM Clifford Harrington [Photo] Clifford "Cliff" Litherland Harrington, 85, entered into rest on Wednesday, July 6, 2005, following a protracted illness. Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. today and from 9:30 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Chauvin Funeral Home Chapel in Houma. Religious service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the chapel, with burial at 1:15 p.m. Saturday in Lafayette Protestant Cemetery in Lafayette. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Norma Morrison Harrington; two daughters, Pat Reddrick married to Michael Reddrick, and Dr. Donna Ryan married to Edwin Lupberger; one son, Clifford Morrison Harrington married to Elizabeth Edmund Harrington, is an attorney with Pilsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Washington, D.C.; five grandchildren, Isaac Ryan, an attorney at Peutseh Kerrigan Stiles in New Orleans, married to Sophia Blust Ryan, Dr. Coogan Ryan, a physician in Lafayette, married to Nicole Breaux Ryan, Dr. Zizi Ryan Yockey, a physician in New York City, married to James Yockey, Dr. Kate Harrington, an anesthesiologist in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and Beau Harrington, a student in Boulder, Colo; and two great-grandchildren, Claire Ryan and Luke Ryan. He was preceded in death by his parents, John William Harrington and Maud Litherland Harrington; and one brother, John William Harrington Jr. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II as a petty officer first class on the Frank E. Evans destroyer, where he engaged in the Battle of Okinawa and the rescue of survivors of the Battaan Death March. He was employed by Halliburton Co. for 30 years and after retirement worked for five years for ODECO. His greatest pleasures included fishing at his camp on Bayou Dularge and traveling in his Avion camper. He and his wife, Norma, traveled from Canada to Mexico and all points between. He was a great lover of poetry, hunting and family. He will be greatly missed by his yellow Labrador, Sam. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to French Camp Academy, One Fine Place, French Camp, MS 39745. Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.