Nona Margaret Harlan, 89, a former cafe owner, died July 31, 1998, at Plum Ridge Care Center in Klamath Falls.
She was born to Archie and Alice (Hockett) Emmons in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She went to school there until the eighth grade, and then the family moved to Taft, Calif.
She met Andrew Harlan in Willits, Calif., and the couple married in 1929. Due to his work the couple lived in various cities in northern California, and eventually settled in Fortuna, Calif., to raise their three children.
In 1950 the Harlans opened their own boarding house called Harlan Boarding House. They operated the boarding house until 1977, when they moved to KLamath Falls.
After settling in Klamath Falls, the Harlans owned and operated the Klamath Livestock Auction Cafe.
Among her interests were making homemade pies, crocheting doilies, tablecloths and quilts and afghans for each member of her family, gardening and canning her own vegetables and strawberries, and studying genealogy. She traced the Harlan family, along with the Emmons, back to England.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-inlaw, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Jay E. and Loraine Harlan, Klamath Falls; brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Jane Emmons, Los Molinas, Calif.; and seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Harlan, in 1984; two brothers and three sisters and a great-great-grandchild.
She was born to Archie and Alice (Hockett) Emmons in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She went to school there until the eighth grade, and then the family moved to Taft, Calif.
She met Andrew Harlan in Willits, Calif., and the couple married in 1929. Due to his work the couple lived in various cities in northern California, and eventually settled in Fortuna, Calif., to raise their three children.
In 1950 the Harlans opened their own boarding house called Harlan Boarding House. They operated the boarding house until 1977, when they moved to KLamath Falls.
After settling in Klamath Falls, the Harlans owned and operated the Klamath Livestock Auction Cafe.
Among her interests were making homemade pies, crocheting doilies, tablecloths and quilts and afghans for each member of her family, gardening and canning her own vegetables and strawberries, and studying genealogy. She traced the Harlan family, along with the Emmons, back to England.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-inlaw, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Jay E. and Loraine Harlan, Klamath Falls; brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Jane Emmons, Los Molinas, Calif.; and seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Harlan, in 1984; two brothers and three sisters and a great-great-grandchild.
Nona Margaret Harlan, 89, a former cafe owner, died July 31, 1998, at Plum Ridge Care Center in Klamath Falls.
She was born to Archie and Alice (Hockett) Emmons in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She went to school there until the eighth grade, and then the family moved to Taft, Calif.
She met Andrew Harlan in Willits, Calif., and the couple married in 1929. Due to his work the couple lived in various cities in northern California, and eventually settled in Fortuna, Calif., to raise their three children.
In 1950 the Harlans opened their own boarding house called Harlan Boarding House. They operated the boarding house until 1977, when they moved to KLamath Falls.
After settling in Klamath Falls, the Harlans owned and operated the Klamath Livestock Auction Cafe.
Among her interests were making homemade pies, crocheting doilies, tablecloths and quilts and afghans for each member of her family, gardening and canning her own vegetables and strawberries, and studying genealogy. She traced the Harlan family, along with the Emmons, back to England.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-inlaw, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Jay E. and Loraine Harlan, Klamath Falls; brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Jane Emmons, Los Molinas, Calif.; and seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Harlan, in 1984; two brothers and three sisters and a great-great-grandchild.
She was born to Archie and Alice (Hockett) Emmons in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She went to school there until the eighth grade, and then the family moved to Taft, Calif.
She met Andrew Harlan in Willits, Calif., and the couple married in 1929. Due to his work the couple lived in various cities in northern California, and eventually settled in Fortuna, Calif., to raise their three children.
In 1950 the Harlans opened their own boarding house called Harlan Boarding House. They operated the boarding house until 1977, when they moved to KLamath Falls.
After settling in Klamath Falls, the Harlans owned and operated the Klamath Livestock Auction Cafe.
Among her interests were making homemade pies, crocheting doilies, tablecloths and quilts and afghans for each member of her family, gardening and canning her own vegetables and strawberries, and studying genealogy. She traced the Harlan family, along with the Emmons, back to England.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-inlaw, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Norma R. and Wynn Madden, Mount Shasta; Patricia and Robert Goodell, Klamath Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Jay E. and Loraine Harlan, Klamath Falls; brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Jane Emmons, Los Molinas, Calif.; and seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Harlan, in 1984; two brothers and three sisters and a great-great-grandchild.
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