HARRIS, Richard Leslie 1931-2012
HARRIS, BEERY, ELSBURY
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/29/2012 at 12:37:06
OSAGE, IOWA - Richard Leslie Harris, age 80, passed away peacefully from this earth at his winter home in Apache Junction, Ariz., on Jan. 30, 2012, with his wife and members of his family at his side.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 4, at the First United Methodist Church in Osage with Pastor Sam Mack officiating. Inurnment will be the Osage Cemetery. There will be a time for lunch and fellowship following services at the church.
Richard was born May 14, 1931, on a farm near Nora Springs, in Cerro Gordo County. He was the son of Leslie J. and Opal V. (Beery) Harris. He lived on farms in Cerro Gordo and Mitchell Counties. He attended country schools and graduated from Plymouth High School in 1950.
Richard married Thelma Jean Elsbury on June 15, 1952. To this union two children were born, Sandra Raye and Curtis Leslie.
Richard and Thelma farmed until 1968, then he went to work for the Iowa Department of Transportation in highway maintenance, retiring after 25½ years. Richard was active in the First United Methodist Church of Osage, serving on the trustee board and the SPPR and volunteering for any assistance needed with funerals and other events by the ladies of the church. He was a long time member of the Cedar Valley Engine Club, served as a Boy Scout leader, loved camping and fishing, playing cards, golf, pitching horse shoes, and, above all, he loved to dance.
Richard is survived by his wife, Thelma Harris of Osage; his daughter, Sandra (James) Lee of Paragould, Ark., and her children, Mark and Christopher Wahl; his son, Curtis (Donna) Harris of Lake Dallas, Texas, and children, Zachary and Casey Harris; and three sisters, Arlene Balsley of Charles City, Bernadine Lifka of Rock Falls, Ill., and Illa June (Dean) Fuchs of Pine Island, Minn.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Charolette Klemesrud.
Information available and condolences accepted at www.champion-bucheitfuneralhome.com .
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, 641-732-3706.[ Mason City Globe Gazette online, Sunday, April 29, 2012 ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Photo of Richard from Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home website.
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