Violet Ellen Dunlap, daughter of Francis Marion Dunlap and Nora Mae Bellinger, born 16 Feb 1915 at her Grandma Mary Ellen Harmon Bellinger's home, in Olney, Richland Co. IL.

Violet married Pearl Harmon 22 Mar 1930 in Louisville, Clay Co. IL, son of Robert Lee Harmon and Nancy Olive Bartlett. To this marriage there were ten children born, one died at an early age of life, 3 sons preceded her in death.
Helen Phebe Odene Harmon: 10 Jan 1948
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem-Lot 27NI
Marion Edward Joe Harmon: 30 Dec 1995
Bur: Mt Pleasant Cem-Lot 27NI
Neil Owen Andrew Harmon: 7 Nov 1999
Bur: Crest Haven Memorial Park
Carl Raymond "Ray" Harmon: 5 Apr 2005
Bur: Crest Haven Memorial Park


*OBIT: VIOLET ELLEN DUNLAP HARMON, 93
Violet Ellen Harmon, 93, of Olney, Ill., died at her home at 10:42 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral service will be at noon Wednesday at the funeral home, with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

She is survived by one son, Robert Harmon of Calhoun, Ill.; five daughters, Juanita Runyon and husband, Roscoe, of Olney, Ruby Haws of Olney, Rosemary Bass of Albion, Ill., Elizabeth Govers and husband, Francis, and Linda Jackson of Olney; daughters-in-law, Frances Harmon, Kathy Harmon and Verna Harmon; two half-sisters, Helen Clements of Florida and Frances Harris of St. Louis; 29 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; 42 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Francis Marion and Nora Mae Bellinger Dunlap; her husband, Pearl "Shorty" Harmon; one daughter, Helen; three sons, Eddie Joe, Neil and Raymond Harmon; her grandson, Robbie Joe Harmon; daughter-in-law, Lovetta Harmon; sons-in-law, Chester Bass and George Haws; sister, Mabel Ellen Compton; two half-brothers, Arthur and Michael Dunlap; and one half-sister, Pauline Liston.

She was a homemaker.

Summers-Kistler Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
*Olney Daily Mail

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