Residence: Monticello (Carroll County), Indiana
Died: Saturday, January 29, 2011
Location: 2:15 a.m., at his residence in rural Monticello (Carroll County), Indiana
 
 
Age: 84
Date of Birth: Tuesday, November 16, 1926
Birth place:

Branch: Navy

Service: Korean Conflict
Father: William Reed Harris
 
Mother: Ethel ( Burnett ) Harris
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: In the Monticello (Carroll County), Indiana area in 1976, coming here from Lafayette, Indiana.
Funeral Date: Monday, January 31, 2011
Funeral Location: Private family services only at the Tippecane Memory Gardens , 1718 W. 350 N., West Lafayette, Indiana.
Clergy: Chaplin Andrea Martin - Tavel of the Indiana University Health Hospice Arnett of Lafayette, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
Tippecanoe Memory Gardens in rural West Lafayette, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
NO VISITATION OR SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED, EVERYTHING IS PRIVATE FOR THE FAMILY.

Biographical Information:
Bill was a 1944 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana. He entered the Naval Air Force in March of 1944 as a Radar Operator aboard the LST 867 and was discharged in May of 1946. Bill was recalled to active duty for the Korean War and served with the intelligence team in the Mediterranean Sea area, having served in both World War II. and the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the American Legion Post #11, and performed many years with the Lafayette "Tippecanotes" Barbershop Chorus, all of Lafayette, Indiana.
Special Services: Full Military Rites will be conducted at the Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
Memorial Information: In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial be given to the American Cancer Society. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On April 12, 1951, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, he married Dolores C. "Dody" Ratcliff. She survives.
Survivors include:
Wife, Dolores C. "Dody" Harris of Monticello (Carroll County), Indiana;Daughters, Valeska (husband Ken) Hilbun of Lafayette, Indiana, and Rebecca "Becky" (husband Ken) McGill of Monticello, Indiana; Sons, William "Bill" (wife Katherine of Lafayette, Indiana, and John Harris of Reynolds, Indiana;One (1) Granddaughter;Six (6) Grandsons;One (1) Great Granddaughter;Three (3) Great Grandsons.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, William Reed and Ethel (Burnett) Harris;Sister, Sara Lou Harris;Brother, Richard Harris.
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana 47960. (574) 583-8488