MRS. HARRIS KILLED BY STREAMLINER MONDAY MORNING
Pearl K. Harris, wife of Rev. F.L. Harris of Silver Creek, was instantly killed early Monday morning at the crossing near the Farmers Elevator when she walked into the path of the Union Pacific streamliner, about 3:30 a.m.
The train was stopped immediately and backed up to the depot, and the railroad authorities were notified of the accident, the train going on after local railroad men had been left in charge of the body.
Sheriff Crites and County Attorney Paul Morris were notified and came down at once to investigate. Identification of the body was not established until about 5:20 when Mrs. E. F. Luther was called to the scene. Rev. Harris was notified and verified the identification, his wife having been missed from the family home, a block from the track, just a few moments before he was called.
County Attorney Morris did not deem an inquest necessary, stating that she had walked into the path of the train while suffering a lapse of memory.
The train, westbound, had hurled the body clear across both the passing track and the eastbound main line track, fully 150 feet from the crossing, but had not mangled it. Dr. Douglas, who was called by the coroner, found that most of the bones had been broken.
Mrs. Harris came to Silver Creek only a few months ago, having been confined in a sanitarium when the family moved to Silver Creek last fall.
OBITUARY
Pearl K. Dallas, daughter of Clinton H. and Mary F. Dallas, was born at Rich Hill, Missouri, January 26, 1886. When fifteen years of age, she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. After her schooling there, she taught in business college in that city until 1908, when she took a position as stenographer with a firm in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was united in marriage with Francis L. Harris, in Kansas City, September 21, 1911. Both she and her husband were active workers in the Slaven's Memorial church of that city and the following year they entered the work of the ministry of the Methodist Church. As a minister's wife, Mrs. Harris was as indefatigable worker in the church and in the communities in which she lived until her illness about four years ago, while living in Peru, Nebraska.
She died June 20, 1938.
Surviving her are her husband, Rev. Francis L. Harris; seven children, Francis L. Jr., of Peru, Nebr., Robert J. of Fort Brown, Texas, and Mary Dallas, Marjorie, Janet, Homer, and Dorothy, who live at home; three brothers, Everett Dallas, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Jerome K. Dallas, of Kimberly, Idaho; and Myron B. Dallas, of Colville, Washington; and one sister, Mrs. Charles H. Pabst, of Pittsburg, Kansas.
The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon in the Silver Creek Methodist church. Rev. M. Wayne Pickerel, pastor of the Methodist church at Clarks, Nebraska, who has been a friend of the Harris family for many years, was the officiating clergyman. Burial was in the Silver Creek cemetery.
All of the children were able to be present for the funeral service, Robert coming by plane and arriving Tuesday morning.
Silver Creek Sand, June 24, 1938
Info donated by:
Find A Grave contributor Judy Johnson
Pearl K. Harris, wife of Rev. F.L. Harris of Silver Creek, was instantly killed early Monday morning at the crossing near the Farmers Elevator when she walked into the path of the Union Pacific streamliner, about 3:30 a.m.
The train was stopped immediately and backed up to the depot, and the railroad authorities were notified of the accident, the train going on after local railroad men had been left in charge of the body.
Sheriff Crites and County Attorney Paul Morris were notified and came down at once to investigate. Identification of the body was not established until about 5:20 when Mrs. E. F. Luther was called to the scene. Rev. Harris was notified and verified the identification, his wife having been missed from the family home, a block from the track, just a few moments before he was called.
County Attorney Morris did not deem an inquest necessary, stating that she had walked into the path of the train while suffering a lapse of memory.
The train, westbound, had hurled the body clear across both the passing track and the eastbound main line track, fully 150 feet from the crossing, but had not mangled it. Dr. Douglas, who was called by the coroner, found that most of the bones had been broken.
Mrs. Harris came to Silver Creek only a few months ago, having been confined in a sanitarium when the family moved to Silver Creek last fall.
OBITUARY
Pearl K. Dallas, daughter of Clinton H. and Mary F. Dallas, was born at Rich Hill, Missouri, January 26, 1886. When fifteen years of age, she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. After her schooling there, she taught in business college in that city until 1908, when she took a position as stenographer with a firm in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was united in marriage with Francis L. Harris, in Kansas City, September 21, 1911. Both she and her husband were active workers in the Slaven's Memorial church of that city and the following year they entered the work of the ministry of the Methodist Church. As a minister's wife, Mrs. Harris was as indefatigable worker in the church and in the communities in which she lived until her illness about four years ago, while living in Peru, Nebraska.
She died June 20, 1938.
Surviving her are her husband, Rev. Francis L. Harris; seven children, Francis L. Jr., of Peru, Nebr., Robert J. of Fort Brown, Texas, and Mary Dallas, Marjorie, Janet, Homer, and Dorothy, who live at home; three brothers, Everett Dallas, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Jerome K. Dallas, of Kimberly, Idaho; and Myron B. Dallas, of Colville, Washington; and one sister, Mrs. Charles H. Pabst, of Pittsburg, Kansas.
The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon in the Silver Creek Methodist church. Rev. M. Wayne Pickerel, pastor of the Methodist church at Clarks, Nebraska, who has been a friend of the Harris family for many years, was the officiating clergyman. Burial was in the Silver Creek cemetery.
All of the children were able to be present for the funeral service, Robert coming by plane and arriving Tuesday morning.
Silver Creek Sand, June 24, 1938
Info donated by:
Find A Grave contributor Judy Johnson
MRS. HARRIS KILLED BY STREAMLINER MONDAY MORNING
Pearl K. Harris, wife of Rev. F.L. Harris of Silver Creek, was instantly killed early Monday morning at the crossing near the Farmers Elevator when she walked into the path of the Union Pacific streamliner, about 3:30 a.m.
The train was stopped immediately and backed up to the depot, and the railroad authorities were notified of the accident, the train going on after local railroad men had been left in charge of the body.
Sheriff Crites and County Attorney Paul Morris were notified and came down at once to investigate. Identification of the body was not established until about 5:20 when Mrs. E. F. Luther was called to the scene. Rev. Harris was notified and verified the identification, his wife having been missed from the family home, a block from the track, just a few moments before he was called.
County Attorney Morris did not deem an inquest necessary, stating that she had walked into the path of the train while suffering a lapse of memory.
The train, westbound, had hurled the body clear across both the passing track and the eastbound main line track, fully 150 feet from the crossing, but had not mangled it. Dr. Douglas, who was called by the coroner, found that most of the bones had been broken.
Mrs. Harris came to Silver Creek only a few months ago, having been confined in a sanitarium when the family moved to Silver Creek last fall.
OBITUARY
Pearl K. Dallas, daughter of Clinton H. and Mary F. Dallas, was born at Rich Hill, Missouri, January 26, 1886. When fifteen years of age, she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. After her schooling there, she taught in business college in that city until 1908, when she took a position as stenographer with a firm in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was united in marriage with Francis L. Harris, in Kansas City, September 21, 1911. Both she and her husband were active workers in the Slaven's Memorial church of that city and the following year they entered the work of the ministry of the Methodist Church. As a minister's wife, Mrs. Harris was as indefatigable worker in the church and in the communities in which she lived until her illness about four years ago, while living in Peru, Nebraska.
She died June 20, 1938.
Surviving her are her husband, Rev. Francis L. Harris; seven children, Francis L. Jr., of Peru, Nebr., Robert J. of Fort Brown, Texas, and Mary Dallas, Marjorie, Janet, Homer, and Dorothy, who live at home; three brothers, Everett Dallas, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Jerome K. Dallas, of Kimberly, Idaho; and Myron B. Dallas, of Colville, Washington; and one sister, Mrs. Charles H. Pabst, of Pittsburg, Kansas.
The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon in the Silver Creek Methodist church. Rev. M. Wayne Pickerel, pastor of the Methodist church at Clarks, Nebraska, who has been a friend of the Harris family for many years, was the officiating clergyman. Burial was in the Silver Creek cemetery.
All of the children were able to be present for the funeral service, Robert coming by plane and arriving Tuesday morning.
Silver Creek Sand, June 24, 1938
Info donated by:
Find A Grave contributor Judy Johnson
Pearl K. Harris, wife of Rev. F.L. Harris of Silver Creek, was instantly killed early Monday morning at the crossing near the Farmers Elevator when she walked into the path of the Union Pacific streamliner, about 3:30 a.m.
The train was stopped immediately and backed up to the depot, and the railroad authorities were notified of the accident, the train going on after local railroad men had been left in charge of the body.
Sheriff Crites and County Attorney Paul Morris were notified and came down at once to investigate. Identification of the body was not established until about 5:20 when Mrs. E. F. Luther was called to the scene. Rev. Harris was notified and verified the identification, his wife having been missed from the family home, a block from the track, just a few moments before he was called.
County Attorney Morris did not deem an inquest necessary, stating that she had walked into the path of the train while suffering a lapse of memory.
The train, westbound, had hurled the body clear across both the passing track and the eastbound main line track, fully 150 feet from the crossing, but had not mangled it. Dr. Douglas, who was called by the coroner, found that most of the bones had been broken.
Mrs. Harris came to Silver Creek only a few months ago, having been confined in a sanitarium when the family moved to Silver Creek last fall.
OBITUARY
Pearl K. Dallas, daughter of Clinton H. and Mary F. Dallas, was born at Rich Hill, Missouri, January 26, 1886. When fifteen years of age, she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. After her schooling there, she taught in business college in that city until 1908, when she took a position as stenographer with a firm in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was united in marriage with Francis L. Harris, in Kansas City, September 21, 1911. Both she and her husband were active workers in the Slaven's Memorial church of that city and the following year they entered the work of the ministry of the Methodist Church. As a minister's wife, Mrs. Harris was as indefatigable worker in the church and in the communities in which she lived until her illness about four years ago, while living in Peru, Nebraska.
She died June 20, 1938.
Surviving her are her husband, Rev. Francis L. Harris; seven children, Francis L. Jr., of Peru, Nebr., Robert J. of Fort Brown, Texas, and Mary Dallas, Marjorie, Janet, Homer, and Dorothy, who live at home; three brothers, Everett Dallas, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Jerome K. Dallas, of Kimberly, Idaho; and Myron B. Dallas, of Colville, Washington; and one sister, Mrs. Charles H. Pabst, of Pittsburg, Kansas.
The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon in the Silver Creek Methodist church. Rev. M. Wayne Pickerel, pastor of the Methodist church at Clarks, Nebraska, who has been a friend of the Harris family for many years, was the officiating clergyman. Burial was in the Silver Creek cemetery.
All of the children were able to be present for the funeral service, Robert coming by plane and arriving Tuesday morning.
Silver Creek Sand, June 24, 1938
Info donated by:
Find A Grave contributor Judy Johnson
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