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Show Death Ends Active Church Career For Leonard Harris MYTON A lifetime of service ser-vice to his church and 30 years as an employee for the Indian Service came to an end for Leonard Harris, 67, when he died at the Roosevelt L.D.S. Hospital at 3:30 Wednesday, Feb. 13, following a lingering heart illness. He was born Dec. 23, 1884, . in Ramah, N. M., a son of John S. and Maryetta Laney Harris. He married Martha Kitchen, Nov. 15, 1908, in Vernal. The marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints. She died March 13, 1928. From this union were born fix sons, LeRoy Harris, Provo; Albert Al-bert Harris, Randlett; Glenn Harris, Los Angeles; Preston, Harold and Kenneth Harris, all of Salt Lake City. He married Erma Nielson Ug-richt, Ug-richt, Oct. 17, 1928, in the Salt ' Lake L.D.S. Temple. They were the parents of two sons and daughter, Donald L. and Jenene Harris, Myton, and Vaughn Harris. Har-ris. Salt Lake City. He also is survived by his widow wi-dow and a stepson and stepdaughter, step-daughter, Mrs. Annabelle Buck-alew Buck-alew and Orson Ungricht, both of Salt Lake City; 19 grandchildren; grand-children; and the following brothers and sisters: Lorin J. Harris, Mrs. Etta McMullin and Hubert Harris, all of Randlett: Mrs. Lila Bingham, Alterra; Mrs. Ivy Harris, Roosevelt; Mrs. Josephine Taylor, Vernal; Lester Les-ter Harris, Salt Lake City, and Walter D. Harris, Heber, Ariz. Mr. Harris moved with his parents to Leeds, Washington County, from New Mexico, where his parents had been called as L.D.S. missionaries among the Indians, and where he was born. At the opening' of the Uintah Basin in 1905 he I moved to Myton where he had since resided. Always an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mr. Harris held the office of a Seventy and from 1939 until his death had served as a stake missionary in the Roosevelt Stake, and was secretary of the Myton Seventy group. He was president of the stake mission from 1940 for approximately ap-proximately three years. At the age of 18 he became president of the Y.M.M.I.A. in Leeds, and held the same office later at Randlett and at Myton. He also has a long record of service as a Sunday School teacher and ward teacher, as well as other various church positions. Mr. Harris was a friend of the Indian people and was in constant demand as a speaker at funerals of people whom he had served as a ditch rider for the Uintah-Ouray Indian Agency for over 30 years. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p. m. in the Roosevelt Roos-evelt Stake Chapel, under the direction of Glenn Gilbert, bishop bish-op of the Myton L.D.S. Ward. Friends may call at the Olpin Mortuary in Roosevelt Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday Sat-urday until time of services. Burial will be in the Roosevelt Roose-velt City cemetery. |