Harold Nelson Harris, 93, of Silverdale, died Nov. 13 in Bremerton.

Harold was born Oct. 26, 1920, in Kilbourne, Ill., to John B. Harris and Bessie Beckwith Harris. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1937, retiring in 1969 as a LDO Lieutenant Commander.

He attended the University of Arkansas, earning his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in engineering. During his second career, he was the assistant director of Northwest Technical Institute, Springdale, Arkansas, and the director/president of Cossatot Technical College, in De Queen, Arkansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Magdalena Deis Harris. He is survived by daughters Kathleen Hobbs of Gresham, Ore., and Karen (Robert) Donnick of Silverdale; grandchildren, Theresa M. (Michael) Hennessey, Joseph M. Donnick, Kaylee M. Hobbs, and great-grandchildren Cadence, Michael, Hunter and Asher Hennessey.

Family and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass on Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Bremerton. A friendship gathering will be afterward in the church hall.

Rite of Committal will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.

The family requests, in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, or Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

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