Anchorage Daily News January 18, 1987
Services for Leo Patrick Harris, a Valdez resident, were held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Valdez with the Rev. Michael Shields officiating. A vigil service was at the church. Mr. Harris, 61, died Friday in Valdez as the result of an industrial accident.
Born Jan. 19, 1925, in Price, Utah, he had lived in Alaska since 1949, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked for the Alaska Railroad in 1949, later transferring to the Territorial Road Commission. After Alaska became a state, he was the highway maintenance foreman at 47 Mile Richardson Highway and in Valdez. In the 1950s he started Harris Sand and Gravel, which he still operated at the time of his death.
He leaves his wife, Frances, of Valdez; his mother, Mary, of Norwalk, Calif.; his sons, John and William, both of Valdez; his daughter, Mary, of Juneau; his brothers, Lyman, of Price, Utah, Bill, of Omaha, Neb., Vincent, of Jamestown, Calif., M.J., of Soldotna, and John, of Cerritos, Calif.; his sisters, Aline Snow and Sister Patricia Harris, both of Los Angeles, Calif., and Bernetta Dowd of Burlingame, Calif.; and two grandchildren. Burial was in the Valdez Cemetery. Service arrangements by Witzleben Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Sixth Avenue Chapel.
Services for Leo Patrick Harris, a Valdez resident, were held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Valdez with the Rev. Michael Shields officiating. A vigil service was at the church. Mr. Harris, 61, died Friday in Valdez as the result of an industrial accident.
Born Jan. 19, 1925, in Price, Utah, he had lived in Alaska since 1949, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked for the Alaska Railroad in 1949, later transferring to the Territorial Road Commission. After Alaska became a state, he was the highway maintenance foreman at 47 Mile Richardson Highway and in Valdez. In the 1950s he started Harris Sand and Gravel, which he still operated at the time of his death.
He leaves his wife, Frances, of Valdez; his mother, Mary, of Norwalk, Calif.; his sons, John and William, both of Valdez; his daughter, Mary, of Juneau; his brothers, Lyman, of Price, Utah, Bill, of Omaha, Neb., Vincent, of Jamestown, Calif., M.J., of Soldotna, and John, of Cerritos, Calif.; his sisters, Aline Snow and Sister Patricia Harris, both of Los Angeles, Calif., and Bernetta Dowd of Burlingame, Calif.; and two grandchildren. Burial was in the Valdez Cemetery. Service arrangements by Witzleben Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Sixth Avenue Chapel.
Anchorage Daily News January 18, 1987
Services for Leo Patrick Harris, a Valdez resident, were held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Valdez with the Rev. Michael Shields officiating. A vigil service was at the church. Mr. Harris, 61, died Friday in Valdez as the result of an industrial accident.
Born Jan. 19, 1925, in Price, Utah, he had lived in Alaska since 1949, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked for the Alaska Railroad in 1949, later transferring to the Territorial Road Commission. After Alaska became a state, he was the highway maintenance foreman at 47 Mile Richardson Highway and in Valdez. In the 1950s he started Harris Sand and Gravel, which he still operated at the time of his death.
He leaves his wife, Frances, of Valdez; his mother, Mary, of Norwalk, Calif.; his sons, John and William, both of Valdez; his daughter, Mary, of Juneau; his brothers, Lyman, of Price, Utah, Bill, of Omaha, Neb., Vincent, of Jamestown, Calif., M.J., of Soldotna, and John, of Cerritos, Calif.; his sisters, Aline Snow and Sister Patricia Harris, both of Los Angeles, Calif., and Bernetta Dowd of Burlingame, Calif.; and two grandchildren. Burial was in the Valdez Cemetery. Service arrangements by Witzleben Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Sixth Avenue Chapel.
Services for Leo Patrick Harris, a Valdez resident, were held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Valdez with the Rev. Michael Shields officiating. A vigil service was at the church. Mr. Harris, 61, died Friday in Valdez as the result of an industrial accident.
Born Jan. 19, 1925, in Price, Utah, he had lived in Alaska since 1949, and was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked for the Alaska Railroad in 1949, later transferring to the Territorial Road Commission. After Alaska became a state, he was the highway maintenance foreman at 47 Mile Richardson Highway and in Valdez. In the 1950s he started Harris Sand and Gravel, which he still operated at the time of his death.
He leaves his wife, Frances, of Valdez; his mother, Mary, of Norwalk, Calif.; his sons, John and William, both of Valdez; his daughter, Mary, of Juneau; his brothers, Lyman, of Price, Utah, Bill, of Omaha, Neb., Vincent, of Jamestown, Calif., M.J., of Soldotna, and John, of Cerritos, Calif.; his sisters, Aline Snow and Sister Patricia Harris, both of Los Angeles, Calif., and Bernetta Dowd of Burlingame, Calif.; and two grandchildren. Burial was in the Valdez Cemetery. Service arrangements by Witzleben Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Sixth Avenue Chapel.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
