Kay County OK Obit for: Thelma (McIntosh) Harris ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kay/kay.html http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Submitted to the archives by:Claudia Thiry, workfarm@kskc.net Date submitted: 3/14/2003 Transcribed from the Ponca City News, http://www.poncacitynews.com/ *********************************************************************** Thelma Harris Thelma Harris, longtime Ponca City resident, died Wednesday morning, July 17, 1996, at the Ponca City Nursing Home. She was 90. A graveside service was to be held at 3 p.m. today at the Fairview Cemetery in Cheney, Kan., officiated by the Rev. Charles Heyer, associate minister of Ponca City First Christian Church. Arrangements were under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Thelma (McIntosh) Harris was born Sept. 30, 1905, in Cheney, the daughter of Harvey and Nora (Pribble) McIntosh. She was married to Ethmer Wendell Harris, May 2, 1925, in Wichita, Kan., and the couple established their first home in Cheney. They moved to Ponca City in 1960. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband in the operation of the Harris-Davis Paint and Gift Shop for several years. Mrs. Harris was a member of the First Christian Church. Survivors include one daughter, Maureen Harris of Clemson, S.C. She was preceded in death by her husband, E.W. on July 13, 1996; her parents; two brothers, Claude and J.H. McIntosh; and three sisters, Eva Dewey, Una Kyle and Ada Miller. Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Harris' name to the First Christian Church, 210 North Fifth Street, Ponca City, OK 74601. *********************************************************************** copyright USGenwb 2003 Ponca City News, http://www.poncacitynews.com/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ***********************************************************************