Obit: Harris, Howard O. #1 (1871 – 1966)

Contact: Dinah Reinke
Email: dinah@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Harris, Brandt

------ Source: Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford and Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 08/25/1966

------ Harris, Howard O. (23 JUN 1871 – 26 AUG 1966)

Funeral services for Howard O. Harris, 95, Withee, a former Colby resident, will be held Friday, Aug 26, at Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby. The Rev. R. James Hagen will officiate, and burial will be in the Colby memorial cemetery.

Mr. Harris died Tuesday afternoon, Aug 23, at Stanley Memorial hospital, Stanley.

Born at Hicksville, Ohio, June 23, 1871, Howard Harris came to Wisconsin at the age of 13 with his parents. They lived in the town of Frankfort for a time, and then moved to the town of Hull where they lived until 1912. He moved to Colby in 1912 spending many years in the city before moving a few years ago to the home of his niece, Mrs. Fred Brandt, at Withee. He was never married.

He is survived by a brother and two sisters, two nieces and a nephew.