Adella Helen (Lindsay) HARSON

HARSON, LINDSAY, HUNTLEY, RODGERS, PALS, LONG

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/6/2015 at 18:21:41

September 11, 1915 ---- September 27, 2015

Adella Helen Harson, 100, of Clarion, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at the Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in Clarion. A private memorial graveside service will be held at a later date.

Adella Helen (Lindsay) Harson was born September 11, 1915 to George “G.E.” and Bertha “Mae” (Huntley) Lindsay in Clarion, Iowa. Adella grew up in the Clarion area, and later attended and graduated from Brandon High School in Brandon, Iowa. Following graduation, she helped keep home for several families around the area.

Adella was united in marriage to Maurice Harson on March 10, 1939. The family made their home in Clarion before moving to Glen Haven, Colorado in 1946. In 1948, Adella and family moved back to Clarion so she could take care of her mother. Adella lived in the same home in Clarion, independently until age 97.

Adella had a deep enjoyment for sewing, a skill she developed from a very young age. She was able to utilize that gift at home, and also worked as a seamstress doing alterations for Crowe’s as well as other ladies tailoring. She also did sewing repair work for the Watts family when they owned Rainbow Cleaners in Clarion. Some years later, she took a job with Allen Printing in Clarion, where she was employed for a few years.

Earlier this month, Adella celebrated her 100th birthday with visits from numerous relatives and friends.

Adella is survived by her son, Allen “Big Red” Harson and wife Sue of Holmes, along with their daughter Stacey Rodgers and husband Scott of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; sisters-in-law Grace Lindsay of Clarion and Lois Pals of Longmont, Colorado; brother-in-law E.J. “Bill” Harson and wife Arlene of Kanawha; along with numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Adella was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Maurice in 2005, grandson Joel Ray Harson in 1985, her sister Maxine Long and brothers Ronald Lindsay and James Lindsay.

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