Mary K. Harmon 88, of Grand Island, died Thursday, November 11, 2010 at Golden Living Center Lakeview.
Funeral services will be on Monday at 10:30 A.M. at Third City Christian Church. Pastor Scott Jones will officiate. Burial will be at 3:00 P.M. Monday at the Ansley, Nebraska cemetery.
Visitation will be on Sunday from 4:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home.
Mrs. Harmon was born on May 26, 1922 in Mullen, Nebraska to Clyde W. and Sofie K. (Johansen) McCully.
Survivors of the immediate family include one daughter, Helen Walford of Ft. Collins, Colorado; three sons and daughters-in-law, Ray (Dorothy) Harmon, Gene (Cheryl) Harmon all of Grand Island, and Roger (Julie) Harmon of North Platte; one sister and brother-in-law, Ethelyn (Burdett) Thompson of Sargent, Nebraska; and two sisters-in-law, Rachel Harmon of Austin, Texas, and Sharon McCully of Marshall, Minnesota
Additional survivors include 18 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Harmon received her education in Lyman, Nebraska and graduated from Lyman High School.
She married Oral Harmon on June 1, 1940 in Stanford, Nebraska. Mary was a wonderful mother and homemaker. She worked with her husband as they farmed near Morrill Nebraska for 8 years. They then moved near Thedford Nebraska where they ranched. Oral and Mary moved to Grand Island in 1966. Mrs. Harmon was employed at Delicious Foods, and then at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant. She later worked at Leon Plastics in Alda for over 22 years, and retired in 1993.
Mary and her husband Oral were instrumental in the planning and organization of Third City Christian Church. When the church first began, they met in the Harmon home. She and Oral were charter members of Third City Christian Church.
Mrs. Harmon loved to spend time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed quilting, and made many beautiful quilts. She was also an excellent baker. Mary enjoyed her flower garden, and loved animals and the things of nature.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Oral in 1992; a granddaughter, Delaina Smith; and one brother, Joe McCully.
Memorials are suggested to Third City Christian Church.