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Show Bert V. Harris Dies Here Tuesday After Long Illness; Funeral Today Death came at 6 a. m. Tuesday, June 23, to release Bert V. Harris. Har-ris. 58, who had tioen a total invalid in-valid for the past eight years, suffering from Parkinson's disease wpmruluced hy influonze a ser-i"ii ser-i"ii attack of which he suffered flurinn the epidemic of 1918. He M been failing in health since tl'it time and totally helpless 'hiring the past four years. Horn in Moaba. AH., a ranch t"wn where his father ran cattle, Ivc. .10, 1SS3. he was a son of William S. and Susannah Adams Harris. When he was a small '"'I'M the family returned to Utah 1, ;i'' to the Navajo Indian troulv-l''- and settled in Lords. Utah. I!.- received his early schooling ln Leeds, later attending the St. r"'"'i;e Stake Academy in St. (nvrge and for one year attended Branch Normal School at -"1ir City, when the B. A. C. Under that name, a young boy he acquired a r,r in cattle, and operated his nvn h.-rd lmtil alxvut 1VOS. when 1,0 sold out to C. F. Foster, in-,x'tni; in-,x'tni; his monv in business in ,!t l-iko City. January 31. ' "' ho was married in Salt l.iko City to Minnie Hansen, and '"a her returned to I-oods in ' from which time he follow-l'e follow-l'e mining activities of this 'Mmtil his affliction forced him diMVntmue. Mr- and Mrs. Harris wore the oirers of six children, four of (. v,i w-.th their mother survive. J,' 'wo daughters are Mrs. Ko.sl ' ;'mv St. c-on:o. and Mi's. Bar-T. Bar-T. Santa Monica. Calif: '"t two sons. Ralph Harris. r-ur- 2, "'K; Calif.. an, Murray F. Hir- s,"'a Monica. Them an- al- tuo grandchildren. Bill.e Iiotm-R.vd Iiotm-R.vd Harris Blake of S' and the following broth-4 broth-4 'y. 1n'1 sister: Ixna Frans of Canada: Mrs. Bert Mo-j Mo-j V'x!,- Salt Lake City: R. S 'Continued on pace cighO Bert Harris Funeral (Continued from first page) Harris, Beawawie, Idaho; Lon Harris, Los Angeles; LeGrande Harris, Death Valley, Calif.; Coleman Cole-man Harris, San Fernando, Calif.; Silas Louis Harris, Ely, Nevada; and Dr. P. E. Harris, St. George. For the past several months Mr. and Mrs. Harris have resided in St. George with their children, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Blake, where his death occurred Tuesday morning. morn-ing. Funeral services are set for Thursday, June 25, at 2 p. m. in the Leeds ward L.D.S. chapel, pending the arrival of relatives. |