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Willis Oliver Harry

Birth
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Death
30 Oct 1978 (aged 84)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
B-Acacia Lawn, Lot 156, sp. 3A
Memorial ID
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Willis O. Harry, 84, 4101 Martin Drive, formerly of 600 W. 14th, died Friday at a Topeka hospital. He had an abdominal ailment.

He was born May 18, 1894, at Ottumwa, Iowa, and had been a resident of Topeka since 1933.

During his initial years in Topeka, Mr. Harry was employed by the Morrell Packing Co., He later was employed as a salesman for the Scott Tire Co. and Offen's Hardware.

Mr. Harry was a member of the Ostomy Club of the Kansas Chapter of the American Cancer Society.

He was married to Della M. Morrill on April 14, 1920, at Ottumwa, Iowa. She died April 12, 1978.

Surviving is a son, Willis E. Harry, 3910 Garden Lane; a brother, John Harry, Modest, Calif.; a grandchild and a great-grandchild.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas Chapter of the American Cancer Society, 3003 Van Buren, Topeka, 66611

Topeka Daily Capital
Saturday, October 28, 1978
page 20
Willis O. Harry, 84, 4101 Martin Drive, formerly of 600 W. 14th, died Friday at a Topeka hospital. He had an abdominal ailment.

He was born May 18, 1894, at Ottumwa, Iowa, and had been a resident of Topeka since 1933.

During his initial years in Topeka, Mr. Harry was employed by the Morrell Packing Co., He later was employed as a salesman for the Scott Tire Co. and Offen's Hardware.

Mr. Harry was a member of the Ostomy Club of the Kansas Chapter of the American Cancer Society.

He was married to Della M. Morrill on April 14, 1920, at Ottumwa, Iowa. She died April 12, 1978.

Surviving is a son, Willis E. Harry, 3910 Garden Lane; a brother, John Harry, Modest, Calif.; a grandchild and a great-grandchild.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas Chapter of the American Cancer Society, 3003 Van Buren, Topeka, 66611

Topeka Daily Capital
Saturday, October 28, 1978
page 20


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