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Rev. Lila Grace Harris, died Monday, February 8, 1999 in Durant, OK at the age of 85. She was born on December 9, 1913 in Kalamazoo, MI to George and Mary Siver. She married Lawrence A. Harris on May 21, 1932 in Pentwater, MI. She is survived by all her nine children, Richard G. Harris of Olympia, WA, Marlene C. Forsythe of Durant, OK, Barbara E. Dodson of Albuquerque, Joyce B. Bowser of Adams, WI, Audrey M. Roberts of Palmer, AK, Patricia A. Harmsworth of Fallon, NV, Pamela R. Bowser of West Bend, WI, Gregory B. Harris of Durant, OK and Brenda H. Yoder of South Bend, IN; 29 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; sister, Wilda Strickler of Muskegon, MI; and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Lawrence Harris in 1975. She was an ordained minister in the Church of God (Anderson, IN affiliated) and was currently serving as the interim pastor of the First Church of God in Durant, OK. Lila and her husband, Lawrence lived in Albuquerque from 1954 to 1967 when they pastored churches both in Albuquerque and in Mountainair. In Albuquerque, she volunteered as a Camp Fire Girls leader. In Durant, she worked for a time with children with dyslexia. Later, she volunteered at the Senior Citizens Center in Durant, OK. In spite of being legally blind for a number of years, she continued to volunteer as a telephone contact for shut-in senior citizens and worked as a Hospice volunteer. Services will be held Friday, 2:00 p.m., at Chester T. French Memorial Mausoleum Chapel, 924 Menaul Blvd. NE, with Rev. W. Earl Patrick officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Assoc.-NM Affiliate, 6301 Forest Hills Dr. NE, 87110 or American Cancer Society, Attn: Anne Martin, 5800 Lomas NE, 87110. French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd. NE.
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