Name/Title
AU Lytle, Sharon - 2005-02-05 letter to Paul J. Harris Jr.Entry/Object ID
2013.2.8Context
Paul,
I was able to spend some quality time at the library after work last night and checked on some of your Harris relatives.
I found obits for Franklin Harris, Nancy Ricketts, and Helen B. Harris but did not find one for Marietta Harris, or Martha "Cassie" Arnold. Since Cassie died in 1980, I also checked the Columbus Dispatch for an obit and came up empty.
This is the information I have so far:
Otterbein Cemetery, Old Section, Lot 354
Grave 3 - Franklin Work Harris (your birth & death dates match mine)
Grave 2 - Marietta Gardner Harris - I only have one date which is 12 Nov. 1922. It could be either the death or burial date. I also checked the online death certificates and can't find her either. I'll keep checking.
Grave 1 - Helen B. Harris - the only date I had was 2 Jan 1956. That is apparently her burial date. According to her obit, she died in Lancaster, at the home of her sister, Cassie Harris. It mentioned that she was 52, and for the last 25 years had been an invalid. Was she in an accident? The obit mentions both sisters, Cassie & Nancy and one brother, Harry G. Harris of Matoon, Ill. The funeral home was Halteman, located in Lancaster. It does not give a death date.
I'll keep digging and see if I can turn up anything else. I'll send you copies of the obits I found.
Sharon