Former Sheridan-area resident Elva I. Harris, 87, of Pinedale died Monday, April 28, 2003, in St. John's Hospital in Jackson. Viewing is 1-5 p.m. today at Champion Ferries Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with the Rev. Hale Harris officiating. Mrs. Harris was born Aug. 17, 1915, in Cumberland, Wis., to Olaf and Mary Louella (Moorehead) Lawson. She grew up and was educated in Sundance. She completed normal training and was a rural school teacher in the Gillette area for many years. She married Richard Phillip "Phil" Harris May 17, 1936, in Gillette. They ranched for several years in Wyola, Mont., working for the Antler Land and Cattle Co. They later bought the Murdock place near Lodge Grass, Mont., and raised registered Hereford cattle. They moved to the CX Ranch in Decker, Mont., in 1968. Mrs. Harris owned and operated the Big Horn Motel in Dayton in the early 1980s. Mr. Harris died in 1992, and Mrs. Harris moved to Green Rock Village in Green River in 1993. She had been a resident of the Sublette Retirement Center in Pinedale since October 1999. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by a brother, Charles V. Lawson; a sister, Audley Van Leuvan; and a grandson, Steven M. Young. Survivors include two sons, Richard of Las Vegas and Steve of Cottonwood, Ariz.; two daughters, Donna Yeager of Cora and Carol Worden of Fort Myers, Fla., and Cora; a sister, Mable Record of Gillette; 18 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Sheridan Press, May 2, 2003
Sheridan Press, May 2, 2003
Former Sheridan-area resident Elva I. Harris, 87, of Pinedale died Monday, April 28, 2003, in St. John's Hospital in Jackson. Viewing is 1-5 p.m. today at Champion Ferries Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with the Rev. Hale Harris officiating. Mrs. Harris was born Aug. 17, 1915, in Cumberland, Wis., to Olaf and Mary Louella (Moorehead) Lawson. She grew up and was educated in Sundance. She completed normal training and was a rural school teacher in the Gillette area for many years. She married Richard Phillip "Phil" Harris May 17, 1936, in Gillette. They ranched for several years in Wyola, Mont., working for the Antler Land and Cattle Co. They later bought the Murdock place near Lodge Grass, Mont., and raised registered Hereford cattle. They moved to the CX Ranch in Decker, Mont., in 1968. Mrs. Harris owned and operated the Big Horn Motel in Dayton in the early 1980s. Mr. Harris died in 1992, and Mrs. Harris moved to Green Rock Village in Green River in 1993. She had been a resident of the Sublette Retirement Center in Pinedale since October 1999. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by a brother, Charles V. Lawson; a sister, Audley Van Leuvan; and a grandson, Steven M. Young. Survivors include two sons, Richard of Las Vegas and Steve of Cottonwood, Ariz.; two daughters, Donna Yeager of Cora and Carol Worden of Fort Myers, Fla., and Cora; a sister, Mable Record of Gillette; 18 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Sheridan Press, May 2, 2003
Sheridan Press, May 2, 2003
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